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High USN-6672-1 3 CVEs

nodejs vulnerabilities

Published Mar 4, 2024 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Summary

Morgan Jones discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs that
leads to false positive errors during some cryptographic operations. If a user
or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2023-23919)

It was discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs leaded to a
untrusted search path vulnerability. If a user or an automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to perform a privilege escalation. (CVE-2023-23920)

Matt Caswell discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs with
specially crafted ASN.1 object identifiers or data containing them. If a user
or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-2650)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS nodejs 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.5
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS nodejs 12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-2650
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23919
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23920