Bug 2105424 (CVE-2022-32222) - CVE-2022-32222 nodejs: potential openssl.cnf hijack
Summary: CVE-2022-32222 nodejs: potential openssl.cnf hijack
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2022-32222
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2108469 2108480
Blocks: 2105423
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-07-08 18:44 UTC by Sage McTaggart
Modified: 2022-08-31 16:25 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version: nodejs 18.5.0
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A vulnerability was found in NodeJS. The issue occurs when Node.js starts on Linux based systems and attempts to read /home/iojs/build/ws/out/Release/obj.target/deps/openssl/openssl.cnf, which ordinarily does not exist. This flaw allows an attacker on some shared systems to create this file and affect the default OpenSSL configuration for other users.
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Last Closed: 2022-08-31 16:25:51 UTC
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Description Sage McTaggart 2022-07-08 18:44:01 UTC 
CVE-2022-32222

When Node.js starts on linux based systems, it attempts to read /home/iojs/build/ws/out/Release/obj.target/deps/openssl/openssl.cnf, which ordinarily doesn't exist. On some shared systems an attacker may be able create this file and therefore affect the default OpenSSL configuration for other users.

Thank you to Michael Scovetta from the OpenSSF Alpha-Omega project for reporting this vulnerability.

Impacts:

Node.js 18.x
Comment 2 TEJ RATHI 2022-07-19 07:45:09 UTC 
Created nodejs:18/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2108480]
Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-08-31 16:25:49 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-32222
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