Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-38552: ELSA-2023-7205: nodejs:20 security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)
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. 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 node's policy implementation, thus effectively disabling the integrity check.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs
- oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-devel
- oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-docs
- oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-full-i18n
- oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-nodemon
- oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-packaging
- oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-packaging-bundler
- oracle-linux-upgrade-npm
- oracle-linux-upgrade-openssh-askpass
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