CVE-2023-23919 Affecting nodejs16 package, versions <16.19.1-150300.7.18.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-NODEJS16-3357765
  • published9 Mar 2023
  • disclosed8 Mar 2023

Introduced: 8 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-23919  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 nodejs16 to version 16.19.1-150300.7.18.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs16 package and not the nodejs16 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

A cryptographic vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.2.0, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, <14.21.3 that in some cases did does not clear the OpenSSL error stack after operations that may set it. This may lead to false positive errors during subsequent cryptographic operations that happen to be on the same thread. This in turn could be used to cause a denial of service.

CVSS Scores

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