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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7469-3
April 29, 2025

nodejs vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Node.js could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

Software Description:
- nodejs: An open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment.

Details:

USN-7469-1 fixed a vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server. This update
provides the corresponding updates for Node.js.

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that Apache Traffic Server exhibited poor server
 resource management in its HTTP/2 protocol. An attacker could possibly
 use this issue to cause Apache Traffic Server to crash, resulting in
 a denial of service.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libnode-dev                     12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libnode72                       12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  nodejs                          12.22.9~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  libnode-dev                     10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.6+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libnode64                       10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.6+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  nodejs                          10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.6+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  nodejs                          8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  nodejs-dev                      8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

After a standard system update you need to restart Node.js to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7469-3
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7469-2
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7469-1
  CVE-2023-44487