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Red Hat Software Collections Moderate Advisory RHSA-2013:1842-01 DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey December 16, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Cautionary update issued for Red Hat's nodejs010-nodejs regarding a potential Denial of Service vulnerability. Users are urged to promptly update their systems.
Updated nodejs010-nodejs packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Software Collections 1

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language.
A denial of service flaw was found in the way Node.js handled pipelined HTTP requests. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an excessive amount of HTTP requests over a network connection, causing Node.js to use an excessive amount of memory and possibly exit when all available memory is exhausted. (CVE-2013-4450)
Node.js is included in Red Hat Software Collections 1.0 as a Technology Preview. More information about Red Hat Technology Previews is available here: https://access.redhat.com/support/offerings/techpreview
All nodejs010-nodejs users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update moderate severity network application DoS flaw Red Hat Software Collections nodejs

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4450 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL 6 Server:
Source:
x86_64: nodejs010-nodejs-0.10.5-8.el6.x86_64.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-debuginfo-0.10.5-8.el6.x86_64.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-devel-0.10.5-8.el6.x86_64.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-docs-0.10.5-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL 6 Workstation:
Source:
x86_64: nodejs010-nodejs-0.10.5-8.el6.x86_64.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-debuginfo-0.10.5-8.el6.x86_64.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-devel-0.10.5-8.el6.x86_64.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-docs-0.10.5-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package


Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1842-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1842.html
Issue date: 2013-12-16

Topic

Updated nodejs010-nodejs packages that fix one security issue are nowavailable for Red Hat Software Collections 1.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link inthe References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update moderate severity network application DoS flaw Red Hat Software Collections nodejs

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL 6 Server - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL 6 Workstation - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1021170 - CVE-2013-4450 NodeJS: HTTP Pipelining DoS

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