UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38552

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-38552
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38552.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38552
Upstream
Published
2023-10-18T04:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:02:25.335764Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

12.*

12.22.5~dfsg-5ubuntu1
12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu1
12.22.7~dfsg-2ubuntu3
12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu2
12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3
12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3
12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.4
12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.5
12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@18.19.1+dfsg-6ubuntu5?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
18.19.1+dfsg-6ubuntu5

Affected versions

18.*

18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2
18.19.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4
18.19.1+dfsg-6ubuntu1
18.19.1+dfsg-6ubuntu2

Ubuntu:25.04 / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2

Affected versions

20.*

20.16.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1
20.17.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1
20.18.0+dfsg-2
20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

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    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libnode-dev",
            "binary_version": "20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnode115",
            "binary_version": "20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnode115-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nodejs",
            "binary_version": "20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-doc",
            "binary_version": "20.18.1+dfsg-1ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}