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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 RHSA-2021:3639-01 Critical Update for Nodejs

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Calendar Grey September 22, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A significant announcement regarding nodejs:12 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux has been released, targeting several vulnerabilities and bugs.
An update for the nodejs:12 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

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 (12.22.5). (BZ#1994941)
Security Fix(es):
* nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22930)
* nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22940)
* c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may lead to domain hijacking (CVE-2021-3672)
* nodejs: Improper handling of untypical characters in domain names (CVE-2021-22931)
* nodejs-hosted-git-info: Regular Expression denial of service via shortcutMatch in fromUrl() (CVE-2021-23362)
* nodejs-ssri: Regular expression DoS (ReDoS) when parsing malicious SRI in strict mode (CVE-2021-27290)
* nodejs-tar: Insufficient symlink protection allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-32803)
* nodejs-tar: Insufficient absolute path sanitization allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-32804)
* libuv: out-of-bounds read in uv__idna_toascii() can lead to information disclosures or crashes (CVE-2021-22918)
* nodejs: Incomplete validation of tls rejectUnauthorized parameter (CVE-2021-22939)
* nodejs-path-parse: ReDoS via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe and splitPathRe (CVE-2021-23343)
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):
* nodejs:12/nodejs: Make FIPS options always available (BZ#1993929)

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3672 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22918 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22930 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22931 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22939 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-22940 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23343 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23362 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27290 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32803 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32804 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1):
Source: nodejs-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.src.rpm nodejs-nodemon-1.18.3-1.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45.src.rpm nodejs-packaging-17-3.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45.src.rpm
aarch64: nodejs-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.aarch64.rpm nodejs-devel-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.aarch64.rpm npm-6.14.14-1.12.22.5.1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.noarch.rpm nodejs-nodemon-1.18.3-1.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45.noarch.rpm nodejs-packaging-17-3.module+el8.1.0+3369+37ae6a45.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: nodejs-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-devel-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-12.22.5-1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.ppc64le.rpm npm-6.14.14-1.12.22.5.1.module+el8.1.0+12238+63fe3aec.ppc64le.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3639-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3639
Issue date: 2021-09-22

Topic

An update for the nodejs:12 module is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8.1 Extended Update Support.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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security advisory update important information disclosure red hat enterprise linux bug fixes nodejs

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1941471 - CVE-2021-27290 nodejs-ssri: Regular expression DoS (ReDoS) when parsing malicious SRI in strict mode

1943208 - CVE-2021-23362 nodejs-hosted-git-info: Regular Expression denial of service via shortcutMatch in fromUrl()

1956818 - CVE-2021-23343 nodejs-path-parse: ReDoS via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe and splitPathRe

1979338 - CVE-2021-22918 libuv: out-of-bounds read in uv__idna_toascii() can lead to information disclosures or crashes

1988342 - CVE-2021-3672 c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may lead to domain hijacking

1988394 - CVE-2021-22930 nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling

1990409 - CVE-2021-32804 nodejs-tar: Insufficient absolute path sanitization allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite

1990415 - CVE-2021-32803 nodejs-tar: Insufficient symlink protection allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite

1993019 - CVE-2021-22931 nodejs: Improper handling of untypical characters in domain names

1993029 - CVE-2021-22940 nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling

1993039 - CVE-2021-22939 nodejs: Incomplete validation of tls rejectUnauthorized parameter

1993929 - nodejs:12/nodejs: Make FIPS options always available [rhel-8.1.0.z]

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