USN-5973-1: url-parse vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• 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 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. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-27515)

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. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3664)

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
authorization. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0512, CVE-2022-0639, CVE-2022-0691)

Rohan Sharma 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
authorization. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0686)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04

• node-url-parse - 1.4.7-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• node-url-parse - 1.2.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• node-url-parse - 1.0.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2021-3664
• CVE-2022-0639
• CVE-2021-27515
• CVE-2022-0686
• CVE-2020-8124
• CVE-2022-0512
• CVE-2022-0691
• CVE-2018-3774