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Ubuntu: 6643-1 Moderate Risk of Node-IP SSRF Vulnerability Exploitation

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Calendar Grey February 19, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A critical NPM security flaw reveals vital network details, impacting several Ubuntu versions. Ensure your system is updated immediately.
NPM IP could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) Summary: NPM IP could be made to expose sensitive information over the network. Software Description: - node-ip: IP address utilities for node.js Details: Emre Durmaz discovered that NPM IP package incorrectly distinguished between private and public IP addresses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Ubuntu network threat sensitive information SSRF node-ip

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10:   node-ip                         2.0.0+~1.1.0-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):   node-ip                         1.1.5+~1.1.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):   node-ip                         1.1.5-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):   node-ip                         1.1.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6643-1

  CVE-2023-42282

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6643-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Ubuntu network threat sensitive information SSRF node-ip

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-ip/2.0.0+~1.1.0-1ubuntu0.1

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