Out-of-bounds Write Affecting nodejs16 package, versions <16.20.1-150300.7.24.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-NODEJS16-5778102
  • published18 Jul 2023
  • disclosed17 Jul 2023

Introduced: 17 Jul 2023

CVE-2023-31130  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 nodejs16 to version 16.20.1-150300.7.24.2 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.

c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. ares_inet_net_pton() is vulnerable to a buffer underflow for certain ipv6 addresses, in particular "0::00:00:00/2" was found to cause an issue. C-ares only uses this function internally for configuration purposes which would require an administrator to configure such an address via ares_set_sortlist(). However, users may externally use ares_inet_net_pton() for other purposes and thus be vulnerable to more severe issues. This issue has been fixed in 1.19.1.

CVSS Scores

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