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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS USN-5973-1 Critical: Node-Url-Parse Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey March 27, 2023
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Several vulnerabilities addressed in url-parse for Ubuntu installations. Urgent updates advised to enhance security protocols.
Several security issues were fixed in url-parse.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in url-parse.

Software Description:

- node-url-parse: Small footprint URL parser that works across Node.js

and browsers

Details:

It was discovered that url-parse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a

user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted

input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

denial of service, or to perform a server-side request forgery attack or

open

redirect attack. (CVE-2018-3774)

It was discovered that url-parse incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a

user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted

input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass input

validation. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-8124)

Yaniv Nizry discovered that url-parse incorrectly handled certain inputs.

If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially

craft...

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote attack Ubuntu denial-of-service node-url-parse

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   node-url-parse                  1.4.7-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   node-url-parse                  1.2.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   node-url-parse                  1.0.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5973-1

CVE-2018-3774, CVE-2020-8124, CVE-2021-27515, CVE-2021-3664,

CVE-2022-0512, CVE-2022-0639, CVE-2022-0686, CVE-2022-0691

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote attack Ubuntu denial-of-service node-url-parse

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-url-parse/1.4.7-3ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-url-parse/1.2.0-1ubuntu0.1

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