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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2021-0734-01 Critical: Node.js DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey March 4, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch available for nodejs:12 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 addresses serious DoS vulnerabilities. Discover further details today.
An update for the nodejs:12 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 (12.21.0).
Security Fix(es):
* nodejs: HTTP2 'unknownProtocol' cause DoS by resource exhaustion (CVE-2021-22883)
* nodejs: DNS rebinding in --inspect (CVE-2021-22884)
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 important DoS threat security impact redhat dos nodejs Important update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22883 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22884 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: nodejs-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.src.rpm nodejs-nodemon-2.0.3-1.module+el8.3.0+9715+1718613f.src.rpm nodejs-packaging-17-3.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45.src.rpm
aarch64: nodejs-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.aarch64.rpm nodejs-devel-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.aarch64.rpm npm-6.14.11-1.12.21.0.1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.noarch.rpm nodejs-nodemon-2.0.3-1.module+el8.3.0+9715+1718613f.noarch.rpm nodejs-packaging-17-3.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: nodejs-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-devel-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-12.21.0-1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.ppc64le.rpm npm-6.14.11-1.12.21.0.1.module+el8.3.0+10191+34fb5a07.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0734-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0734
Issue date: 2021-03-04

Topic

An update for the nodejs:12 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat software update important DoS threat security impact redhat dos nodejs Important update

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

1932014 - CVE-2021-22883 nodejs: HTTP2 'unknownProtocol' cause DoS by resource exhaustion

1932024 - CVE-2021-22884 nodejs: DNS rebinding in --inspect

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