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Red Hat: RHSA-2019-1821-01 Important Update for Node.js with DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest security patch from Red Hat for rh-nodejs8-nodejs tackles several vulnerabilities, notably those that could lead to Denial of Service (DoS) scenarios.
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 (8.16.0). (BZ#1665986, BZ#1710734)
Security Fix(es):
* nodejs-tar: Arbitrary file overwrites when extracting tarballs containing a hard-link (CVE-2018-20834)
* nodejs: HTTP request splitting (CVE-2018-12116)
* nodejs: Denial of Service with large HTTP headers (CVE-2018-12121)
* nodejs: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service (CVE-2018-12122)
* nodejs: Hostname spoofing in URL parser for javascript protocol (CVE-2018-12123)
* nodejs: Insufficient Slowloris fix causing DoS via server.headersTimeout bypass (CVE-2019-5737)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat software update DoS security patch nodejs

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12116 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12121 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12122 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12123 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20834 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5737 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-8.16.0-1.el7.src.rpm
aarch64: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.16.0-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-8.16.0-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.16.0-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-npm-6.4.1-8.16.0.1.el7.aarch64.rpm
noarch: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-8.16.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.16.0-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-8.16.0-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.16.0-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm rh-nodejs8-npm-6.4.1-8.16.0.1.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.16.0-1.el7.s390x.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-8.16.0-1.el7.s390x.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.16.0-1.el7.s390x.rpm rh-nodejs8-npm-6.4.1-8.16.0.1.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.16.0-1.el7.src.rpm
aarch64: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.16.0-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-8.16.0-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.16.0-1.el7.aarch64.rpm rh-nodejs8-npm-6.4.1-8.16.0.1.el7.aarch64.rpm
noarch: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs-8.16.0-1.el7.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.16.0-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-debuginfo-8.16.0-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel-8.16.0-1.el7.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:1821-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1821
Issue date: 2019-07-22

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat software update DoS security patch nodejs

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 Server EUS (v. 7.6) - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

1660998 - CVE-2018-12116 nodejs: HTTP request splitting

1661002 - CVE-2018-12121 nodejs: Denial of Service with large HTTP headers1661005 - CVE-2018-12122 nodejs: Slowloris HTTP Denial of Service

1661010 - CVE-2018-12123 nodejs: Hostname spoofing in URL parser for javascript protocol

1690808 - CVE-2019-5737 nodejs: Insufficient Slowloris fix causing DoS via server.headersTimeout bypass

1702338 - CVE-2018-20834 nodejs-tar: Arbitrary file overwrites when extracting tarballs containing a hard-link

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