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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: USN-5098-1 Moderate Node-bl Information Leak Issue

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Calendar Grey October 4, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5100-1 highlights a critical vulnerability in node-xyz that could permit unauthorized data access via crafted requests.
node-bl could be made to expose sensitive information if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

node-bl could be made to expose sensitive information if it received specially

crafted input.

Software Description:

- node-bl: A Node.js Buffer list collector

Details:

It was discovered that bl didn't properly sanitize the inputs. An attacker

could use this to leak sensitive information.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue information leak Ubuntu node-bl

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  node-bl                         1.1.2-1ubuntu1.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5098-1

CVE-2020-8244

Severity
important
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Low
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Critical

September 30, 2021

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security issue information leak Ubuntu node-bl

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-bl/1.1.2-1ubuntu1.1

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