| Name | CVE-2023-38552 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-5589-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1054892 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| nodejs (PTS) | jessie | 0.10.29~dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 4.8.2~dfsg-1 | vulnerable | |
| buster | 10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u4 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm (security) | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 18.20.1+dfsg-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nodejs | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| nodejs | source | stretch | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| nodejs | source | buster | (not affected) | |||
| nodejs | source | bullseye | (not affected) | |||
| nodejs | source | bookworm | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | DSA-5589-1 | ||
| nodejs | source | (unstable) | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1.1 | 1054892 |
[bullseye] - nodejs <not-affected> (Only affects 18.x and later)
[buster] - nodejs <not-affected> (Only affects 18.x and later)
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/october-2023-security-releases#integrity-checks-according-to-policies-can-be-circumvented-medium---cve-2023-38552
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1c538938ccadfd35fbc699d8e85102736cd5945c