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RHEL 8: RHSA-2021-0744-01 Important Nodejs DoS And DNS Threat

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Calendar Grey March 8, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Update Node.js version 14 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 focuses on critical security vulnerabilities and important patches.
An update for the nodejs:14 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 (14.16.0).
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.
Bug Fix(es):
* Node.js should not be built with "--debug-nghttp2" (BZ#1932427)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue DoS Red Hat Enterprise Linux important DNS DNS security DDOS nodejs nodejs update HTTP2

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-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.src.rpm nodejs-nodemon-2.0.3-1.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83.src.rpm nodejs-packaging-23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83.src.rpm
aarch64: nodejs-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.aarch64.rpm nodejs-devel-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.aarch64.rpm npm-6.14.11-1.14.16.0.2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.noarch.rpm nodejs-nodemon-2.0.3-1.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83.noarch.rpm nodejs-packaging-23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: nodejs-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-devel-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-14.16.0-2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.ppc64le.rpm npm-6.14.11-1.14.16.0.2.module+el8.3.0+10180+b92e1eb6.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0744-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0744
Issue date: 2021-03-08

Topic

An update for the nodejs:14 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 security issue DoS Red Hat Enterprise Linux important DNS DNS security DDOS nodejs nodejs update HTTP2

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

1932427 - Node.js should not be built with "--debug-nghttp2" [rhel-8.3.0.z]

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