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USN-6491-1: Node.js vulnerabilities

Publication date

21 November 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Node.js.

Releases

Packages

  • nodejs - An open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment.

Details

Axel Chong discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-32212)

Zeyu Zhang discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-32213,
CVE-2022-32214, CVE-2022-32215)

It was discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user
or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this...

Axel Chong discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-32212)

Zeyu Zhang discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-32213,
CVE-2022-32214, CVE-2022-32215)

It was discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user
or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-35256)

It was discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user
or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-43548)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 jammy libnode-dev –  12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
libnode72 –  12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
nodejs –  12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
nodejs-doc –  12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
20.04 focal libnode-dev –  10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.3
libnode64 –  10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.3
nodejs –  10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.3
nodejs-doc –  10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.3
18.04 bionic nodejs –  8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm4  
nodejs-dev –  8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm4  
nodejs-doc –  8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm4  

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