UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23919
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/438812e14d3b2a705fb639b69e37c6cc4e7c8029
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1808596
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/february-2023-security-releases/#node-js-openssl-error-handling-issues-in-nodejs-crypto-library-medium-cve-2023-23919
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23919
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6672-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23919