CVE-2023-30590 Affecting nodejs-packaging package, versions <0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+1072+5b168780


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-NODEJSPACKAGING-5829335
  • published9 Aug 2023
  • disclosed28 Nov 2023

Introduced: 9 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-30590  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 nodejs-packaging to version 0:2021.06-4.module+el8.7.0+1072+5b168780 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:4536.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-packaging package and not the nodejs-packaging package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The generateKeys() API function returned from crypto.createDiffieHellman() only generates missing (or outdated) keys, that is, it only generates a private key if none has been set yet, but the function is also needed to compute the corresponding public key after calling setPrivateKey(). However, the documentation says this API call: "Generates private and public Diffie-Hellman key values".

The documented behavior is very different from the actual behavior, and this difference could easily lead to security issues in applications that use these APIs as the DiffieHellman may be used as the basis for application-level security, implications are consequently broad.

CVSS Scores

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