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Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-32559: ELSA-2023-5363: nodejs:18 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-32559: ELSA-2023-5363: nodejs:18 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/09/2023
Created
09/30/2023
Added
09/28/2023
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines: 16.x, 18.x and, 20.x. The use of the deprecated API `process.binding()` can bypass the policy mechanism by requiring internal modules and eventually take advantage of `process.binding('spawn_sync')` run arbitrary code, outside of the limits defined in a `policy.json` file. Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-docs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-full-i18n
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-nodemon
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-packaging
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-nodejs-packaging-bundler
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-npm

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