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Debian: CVE-2023-38552: nodejs -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-38552: nodejs -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/18/2023
Created
01/04/2024
Added
01/03/2024
Modified
01/03/2024

Description

When the Node.js policy feature checks the integrity of a resource against a trusted manifest, the application can intercept the operation and return a forged checksum to the node's policy implementation, thus effectively disabling the integrity check. Impacts: This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 18.x and, 20.x. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy mechanism is an experimental feature of Node.js.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-nodejs

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