CVE-2023-38552

CVE Details

Release Date:	2023-10-13
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	7.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs)	ELSA-2023-5869	2023-10-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs)	ELSA-2023-7205	2023-11-22
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2023-5869	2023-10-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2023-7205	2023-11-22
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2023-5869	2023-10-23
Oracle Linux version 8 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2023-7205	2023-11-22
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs)	ELSA-2023-5849	2023-10-20
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-nodemon)	ELSA-2023-5849	2023-10-20
Oracle Linux version 9 (nodejs-packaging)	ELSA-2023-5849	2023-10-20