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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RHSA-2020:2848-01 Important Node.js:10 DoS Risk

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2020
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A significant patch has been released for the nodejs module in Red Hat, tackling essential vulnerabilities and implications.
An update for the nodejs:10 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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: nodejs (10.21.0).
Security Fix(es):
* nghttp2: overly large SETTINGS frames can lead to DoS (CVE-2020-11080)
* nodejs-minimist: prototype pollution allows adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a constructor or __proto__ payload (CVE-2020-7598)
* nodejs: memory corruption in napi_get_value_string_* functions (CVE-2020-8174)
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 memory corruption important redhat dos nodejs module

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7598 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8174 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11080 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: nodejs-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.src.rpm nodejs-nodemon-1.18.3-1.module+el8+2632+6c5111ed.src.rpm nodejs-packaging-17-3.module+el8+2873+aa7dfd9a.src.rpm
aarch64: nodejs-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.aarch64.rpm nodejs-devel-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.aarch64.rpm npm-6.14.4-1.10.21.0.3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.noarch.rpm nodejs-nodemon-1.18.3-1.module+el8+2632+6c5111ed.noarch.rpm nodejs-packaging-17-3.module+el8+2873+aa7dfd9a.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: nodejs-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-devel-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.ppc64le.rpm npm-6.14.4-1.10.21.0.3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: nodejs-10.21.0-3.module+el8.2.0+7071+d2377ea3.s390x.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2848-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2848
Issue date: 2020-07-07

Topic

An update for the nodejs:10 module is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8.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 memory corruption important redhat dos nodejs module

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1813344 - CVE-2020-7598 nodejs-minimist: prototype pollution allows adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a constructor or __proto__ payload

1844929 - CVE-2020-11080 nghttp2: overly large SETTINGS frames can lead to DoS

1845256 - CVE-2020-8174 nodejs: memory corruption in napi_get_value_string_* functions

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