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Ubuntu 25.04: sha.js Critical D0S Denial of Service USN-7778-1

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Upgrade Ubuntu installations to address the significant sha.js vulnerability which leads to excessive resource usage or invalid hash results.
sha.js could be made to consume resources or return incorrect hash values if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.04 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: sha.js could be made to consume resources or return incorrect hash values if it received specially crafted input. Software Description: - node-sha.js: Streamable SHA hashes in pure javascript Details: Nikita Skovoroda discovered that sha.js did not properly handle certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to manipulate the internal state of hash functions, resulting in hash collisions, denial of service, or other unspecified impact.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu resource consumption hash collision

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.04 node-sha.js 2.4.11+~2.4.0-2+deb13u1build0.25.04.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS node-sha.js 2.4.11+~2.4.0-2+deb13u1build0.24.04.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS node-sha.js 2.4.11+~2.4.0-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS node-sha.js 2.4.11-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS node-sha.js 2.4.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7778-1

CVE-2025-9288

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7778-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical Ubuntu resource consumption hash collision

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-sha.js/2.4.11+~2.4.0-2+deb13u1build0.25.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-sha.js/2.4.11+~2.4.0-2+deb13u1build0.24.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-sha.js/2.4.11+~2.4.0-1ubuntu0.1

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