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Red Hat 7: RHSA-2018:2949-01 Important: Out Of Bounds Write Threat

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Calendar Grey October 18, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Ubuntu security patch for rh-python38-python tackles critical vulnerabilities and affects system performance. Key information outlined.
An update for rh-nodejs8-nodejs is now available for Red Hat Software Collections

Solution

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.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rh-nodejs8-nodejs (8.11.4). (BZ#1621761)
Security Fix(es):
* nodejs: Out of bounds (OOB) write via UCS-2 encoding (CVE-2018-12115)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update software update important Red Hat Software Collections nodejs out of bounds write

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12115 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.11.4-1.el7.src.rpm
aarch64: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.11.4-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-8.11.4-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.11.4-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-npm-5.6.0-8.11.4.1.el7.aarch64.rpm
noarch: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-8.11.4-1.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.11.4-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-8.11.4-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.11.4-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm rh-nodejs8-npm-5.6.0-8.11.4.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.11.4-1.el7.s390x.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-8.11.4-1.el7.s390x.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.11.4-1.el7.s390x.rpm rh-nodejs8-npm-5.6.0-8.11.4.1.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.11.4-1.el7.src.rpm
aarch64: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.11.4-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-8.11.4-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.11.4-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-npm-5.6.0-8.11.4.1.el7.aarch64.rpm
noarch: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-8.11.4-1.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.11.4-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-8.11.4-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.11.4-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2949-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2949
Issue date: 2018-10-18

Topic

An update for rh-nodejs8-nodejs is now available for Red Hat SoftwareCollections.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update software update important Red Hat Software Collections nodejs out of bounds write

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1620219 - CVE-2018-12115 nodejs: Out of bounds (OOB) write via UCS-2 encoding

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