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Red Hat: RHSA-2016:1380-01 Moderate: Node.js DoS Patch Details

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Calendar Grey July 5, 2016
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Red Hat Node.js security alert: Moderate vulnerabilities addressed in node-gyp and node-qs within Software Collections.
An update for nodejs010-node-gyp and nodejs010-nodejs-qs is now available for Red Hat Software Collections

Solution

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

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language.
Security Fix(es):
* The nodejs-qs module has the ability to create sparse arrays during parsing. By specifying a high index in a querystring parameter it is possible to create a large array that will eventually take up all the allocated memory of the running process, resulting in a crash. (CVE-2014-7191)
Bug Fix(es):
* A previous patch to the nodejs010-node-gyp RPM package introduced a bug, which caused the node-gyp module to work incorrectly. As a consequence, users were unable to install or build native Node.js modules. A new patch has been applied, the node-gyp module now works as expected, and it no longer affects other modules. (BZ#1255594)
All nodejs010-nodejs-qs and nodejs010-node-gyp users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7191 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: nodejs010-node-gyp-3.2.0-3.el6.src.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0.6.5-5.el6.src.rpm
noarch: nodejs010-node-gyp-3.2.0-3.el6.noarch.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0.6.5-5.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6):
Source: nodejs010-node-gyp-3.2.0-3.el6.src.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0.6.5-5.el6.src.rpm
noarch: nodejs010-node-gyp-3.2.0-3.el6.noarch.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0.6.5-5.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7):
Source: nodejs010-node-gyp-3.2.0-3.el6.src.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0.6.5-5.el6.src.rpm
noarch: nodejs010-node-gyp-3.2.0-3.el6.noarch.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0.6.5-5.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: nodejs010-node-gyp-3.2.0-3.el6.src.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0.6.5-5.el6.src.rpm
noarch: nodejs010-node-gyp-3.2.0-3.el6.noarch.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0.6.5-5.el6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: nodejs010-node-gyp-3.2.0-3.el7.src.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0.6.5-5.el7.src.rpm
noarch: nodejs010-node-gyp-3.2.0-3.el7.noarch.rpm nodejs010-nodejs-qs-0.6.5-5.el7.noarch.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:1380-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1380
Issue date: 2016-07-05

Topic

An update for nodejs010-node-gyp and nodejs010-nodejs-qs is now availablefor Red Hat Software Collections.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate red hat software fix dos node.js

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.6) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.1) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.2) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1146054 - CVE-2014-7191 nodejs-qs: Denial-of-Service Memory Exhaustion

1255594 - FTBFS: Cannot build with v8314-gyp

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