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High ALSA-2023:4035 5 CVEs

Important: nodejs:18 security update

Published Jul 12, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language.

Security Fix(es):

* c-ares: 0-byte UDP payload Denial of Service (CVE-2023-32067)
* c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)
* c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() (CVE-2023-31130)
* c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (CVE-2023-31147)
* c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation (CVE-2023-31124)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs 1:18.14.2-3.module_el8.8.0+3587+ee652244
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-devel 1:18.14.2-3.module_el8.8.0+3587+ee652244
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-docs 1:18.14.2-3.module_el8.8.0+3587+ee652244
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-full-i18n 1:18.14.2-3.module_el8.8.0+3587+ee652244
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-nodemon 2.0.20-2.module_el8.8.0+3587+ee652244
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-packaging 2021.06-4.module_el8.7.0+3343+ea2b7901
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-packaging-bundler 2021.06-4.module_el8.7.0+3343+ea2b7901
AlmaLinux · 8 npm 1:9.5.0-1.18.14.2.3.module_el8.8.0+3587+ee652244

Vulnerabilities 5

  • High 8.6
    CVE-2022-4904

    A flaw was found in the c-ares package. The ares_set_sortlist is missing checks about the validity of the input string,…

    nodejs c-ares grpc c-ares Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 7.5
    CVE-2023-32067

    0-byte UDP payload DoS in c-ares

    c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. c-ares is vulnerable to denial of service. If a target resolver sends a query, the attacker forges a malformed UDP packet with a length of 0 and returns them to the target resolver. The target resolver erroneously i…

    c-ares c-ares nodejs nodejs18 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Wolfi
  • Medium 5.9
    CVE-2023-31147

    Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs in c-ares

    c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. When /dev/urandom or RtlGenRandom() are unavailable, c-ares uses rand() to generate random numbers used for DNS query ids. This is not a CSPRNG, and it is also not seeded by srand() so will generate predictable outp…

    c-ares c-ares nodejs nodejs18 Debian Azure Linux Wolfi
  • Medium 4.1
    CVE-2023-31130

    Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton()

    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 wh…

    c-ares c-ares nodejs nodejs18 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Wolfi
  • Low 3.7
    CVE-2023-31124

    AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation

    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 …

    c-ares c-ares c-ares c-ares Debian Wolfi

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4904
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31124
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31130
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31147
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32067
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2168631
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209494
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209497
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209501
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2209502
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-4035.html