Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting nodejs-docs package, versions <1:16.18.1-4.el9_0


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-NODEJSDOCS-5773423
  • published24 May 2023
  • disclosed22 May 2023

Introduced: 22 May 2023

CVE-2023-31124  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 nodejs-docs to version 1:16.18.1-4.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:4036.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-docs package and not the nodejs-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. When cross-compiling c-ares and using the autotools build system, CARES_RANDOM_FILE will not be set, as seen when cross compiling aarch64 android. This will downgrade to using rand() as a fallback which could allow an attacker to take advantage of the lack of entropy by not using a CSPRNG. This issue was patched in version 1.19.1.

CVSS Scores

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