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Fedora 41: nodejs20 update for DoS and request smuggling risks

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Calendar Grey May 28, 2025
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora has updated Node.js version 20 to address critical security vulnerabilities related to request smuggling and DoS attacks, enhancing application stability and security.
Update to 20.19.2

Summary

Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime \

for easily building fast, scalable network applications. \

Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that \

makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive \

real-time applications that run across distributed devices.}

Update Information:

Update to 20.19.2

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora Denial of Service request smuggling JavaScript runtime

Change Log

* Thu May 15 2025 tjuhasz - 1:20.19.2-1 - Update to version 20.19.2 (rhbz#2366363) * Fri May 2 2025 tjuhasz - 1:20.19.1-2 - Changed library link from nodejs to node (rhbz#2275382)

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2294838 - nodejs-devel pkgconfig file is invalid https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2294838 [ 2 ] Bug #2367229 - CVE-2025-23165 nodejs20: Memory Leak in Node.js ReadFileUtf8 Binding Leading to DoS [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2367229 [ 3 ] Bug #2367231 - CVE-2025-23165 nodejs20: Memory Leak in Node.js ReadFileUtf8 Binding Leading to DoS [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2367231 [ 4 ] Bug #2367233 - CVE-2025-23167 nodejs20: Improper HTTP Header Termination in Node.js 20 Enables Request Smuggling [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2367233 [ 5 ] Bug #2367234 - CVE-2025-23167 nodejs20: Improper HTTP Header Termination in Node.js 20 Enables Request Smuggling [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2367234 [ 6 ] Bug #2367236 - CVE-2025-23166 nodejs20: Remote Crash via SignTraits::DeriveBits() in Node.js [fedora-41] ...

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Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-0c2b7a8f32' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: nodejs20
Product: Fedora 41
Version: 20.19.2
Release: 1.fc41
URL:
Summary: JavaScript runtime

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update Fedora Denial of Service request smuggling JavaScript runtime

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