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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-35255: Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2022-35255: Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
12/05/2022
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

A weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen vulnerability exists in Node.js 18 due to a change with EntropySource() in SecretKeyGenTraits::DoKeyGen() in src/crypto/crypto_keygen.cc. There are two problems with this: 1) It does not check the return value, it assumes EntropySource() always succeeds, but it can (and sometimes will) fail. 2) The random data returned byEntropySource() may not be cryptographically strong and therefore not suitable as keying material.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs-current

References

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