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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RHSA-2022:6963-01 Important Nodejs Security Fix

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Calendar Grey October 18, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Security patch for Node.js on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 has been designated as crucial, addressing significant vulnerabilities.
An update for nodejs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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 (16.17.1).
Security Fix(es):
* nodejs: weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen (CVE-2022-35255)
* nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling due to incorrect parsing of header fields (CVE-2022-35256)
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 important network application nodejs HTTP smuggling weak randomness

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-35255 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-35256 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source: nodejs-16.17.1-1.el9_0.src.rpm
aarch64: nodejs-16.17.1-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.17.1-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.17.1-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.17.1-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-libs-16.17.1-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-libs-debuginfo-16.17.1-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm npm-8.15.0-1.16.17.1.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-16.17.1-1.el9_0.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: nodejs-16.17.1-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.17.1-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.17.1-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.17.1-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-libs-16.17.1-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-libs-debuginfo-16.17.1-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm npm-8.15.0-1.16.17.1.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: nodejs-16.17.1-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.17.1-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.17.1-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.17.1-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm nodejs-libs-16.17.1-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm nodejs-libs-debuginfo-16.17.1-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm npm-8.15.0-1.16.17.1.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64: nodejs-16.17.1-1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.17.1-1.el9_0.i686.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.17.1-1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.17.1-1.el9_0.i686.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.17.1-1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6963-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6963
Issue date: 2022-10-17

Topic

An update for nodejs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.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 important network application nodejs HTTP smuggling weak randomness

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2130517 - CVE-2022-35255 nodejs: weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen

2130518 - CVE-2022-35256 nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling due to incorrect parsing of header fields

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