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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2023.3073
USN-6116-1: hawk vulnerability
31 May 2023
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: hawk
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2022-29167
Original Bulletin:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6116-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.5 CVE-2022-29167 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVSS Source: NVD
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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USN-6116-1: hawk vulnerability
30 May 2023
hawk could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
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Releases
o Ubuntu 22.10
o Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
o Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
Packages
o node-hawk - HTTP Holder-Of-Key Authentication Scheme
Details
It was discovered that hawk 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.
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Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package
versions:
Ubuntu 22.10
o node-hawk - 8.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
Ubuntu 22.04
o node-hawk - 8.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
Ubuntu 20.04
o node-hawk - 7.1.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04
o node-hawk - 6.0.1+dfsg-1+deb10u1build0.18.04.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
o CVE-2022-29167
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