CVE-2023-30590

NameCVE-2023-30590
DescriptionThe generateKeys() API function returned from crypto.createDiffieHellman() only generates missing (or outdated) keys, that is, it only generates a private key if none has been set yet, but the function is also needed to compute the corresponding public key after calling setPrivateKey(). However, the documentation says this API call: "Generates private and public Diffie-Hellman key values". The documented behavior is very different from the actual behavior, and this difference could easily lead to security issues in applications that use these APIs as the DiffieHellman may be used as the basis for application-level security, implications are consequently broad.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3776-1, DLA-3886-1, DSA-5589-1
Debian Bugs1039990

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~deb11u4vulnerable
bullseye (security)12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u5fixed
bookworm18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u2fixed
bookworm (security)18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie20.18.1+dfsg-1fixed

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
nodejssourcebuster10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u4DLA-3776-1
nodejssourcebullseye12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u5DLA-3886-1
nodejssourcebookworm18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1DSA-5589-1
nodejssource(unstable)18.13.0+dfsg1-1.11039990

Notes

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releases#diffiehellman-do-not-generate-keys-after-setting-a-private-key-medium-cve-2023-30590
Fixed by: https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1a5c9284ebce5cd71cf7a3c29759a748c373ac85 (v16.x)

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