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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2022-35255: Node.js: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Dec 5, 2022
Added
May 10, 2024
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

A weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen vulnerability exists in Node.js 18 due to a change with EntropySource() in SecretKeyGenTraits::DoKeyGen() in src/crypto/crypto_keygen.cc. There are two problems with this: 1) It does not check the return value, it assumes EntropySource() always succeeds, but it can (and sometimes will) fail. 2) The random data returned byEntropySource() may not be cryptographically strong and therefore not suitable as keying material.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-libs-nodejs
Title
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