Alma Linux: CVE-2023-23919: Moderate: nodejs:16 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Alma Linux: CVE-2023-23919: Moderate: nodejs:16 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity

8

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

02/23/2023

Created

05/05/2023

Added

04/21/2023

Modified

01/28/2025

Description

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.

Solution(s)

• alma-upgrade-nodejs
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-devel
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-docs
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-full-i18n
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-nodemon
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-packaging
• alma-upgrade-nodejs-packaging-bundler
• alma-upgrade-npm

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2023-23919
• CVE - 2023-23919
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-1582.html
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-2654.html