SB2020010626 - Reachable assertion in nodejs-current (Alpine package)
Published: January 6, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020010626
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Reachable assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15604)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of X509 certificates in X509V3_EXT_print(). A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted client certificate to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=198d3bb2cd989d9883c042a284d830fb32d5029b
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3054c2433b4131ff35f3ab19d4e20965d85992be
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=975b6a3945fcfc2d2d1b044ea5fb1d32f8cda08f
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d28d7200169ede5fa2d87cba9d1eeb3a459ae2a3
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1fb036fb0a10b3ee95720656cf3537469ab6930a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=86317da5622f4bbbcda0c78043d513b90bb64a69