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RedHat 8 RHSA-2021-3666-01 Important: Nodejs Critical Issues

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Calendar Grey September 27, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Crucial nodejs:14 patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 resolves security vulnerabilities and significant bugs.
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.
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-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)
* 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:14/nodejs: Make FIPS options always available (BZ#1993924)

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux important security impact nodejs update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3672 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-2021-32803 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-32804 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: nodejs-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.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-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm nodejs-devel-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm npm-6.14.14-1.14.17.5.1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.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-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-devel-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm npm-6.14.14-1.14.17.5.1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3666-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3666
Issue date: 2021-09-27

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux important security impact nodejs update

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

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

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

1993924 - nodejs:14/nodejs: Make FIPS options always available [rhel-8.4.0.z]

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