CVE-2023-23919

NameCVE-2023-23919
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-5589-1
Debian Bugs1031834

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nodejs (PTS)jessie0.10.29~dfsg-2vulnerable
stretch4.8.2~dfsg-1vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u4fixed
bullseye12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4fixed
bullseye (security)12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u5fixed
bookworm18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u2fixed
bookworm (security)18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie20.17.0+dfsg-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nodejssourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
nodejssourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
nodejssourcebuster(not affected)
nodejssourcebullseye(not affected)
nodejssourcebookworm18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1DSA-5589-1
nodejssource(unstable)18.13.0+dfsg1-1.11031834

Notes

[bullseye] - nodejs <not-affected> (X509Certificate API introduced in v15.6.0)
[buster] - nodejs <not-affected> (X509Certificate API introduced in v15.6.0)
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://hackerone.com/reports/1808596
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/438812e14d3b2a705fb639b69e37c6cc4e7c8029

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