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Red Hat: RHSA-2022-6964-01 Important: Nodejs:16 Security Fix

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Calendar Grey October 17, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Essential nodejs:16 security patch released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Update immediately to address significant vulnerabilities.
An update for the nodejs:16 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 16.
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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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. 8):
Source: nodejs-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.src.rpm nodejs-nodemon-2.0.19-2.module+el8.6.0+16240+7ca51420.src.rpm nodejs-packaging-25-1.module+el8.5.0+10992+fac5fe06.src.rpm
aarch64: nodejs-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.aarch64.rpm nodejs-devel-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.aarch64.rpm npm-8.15.0-1.16.17.1.1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.noarch.rpm nodejs-nodemon-2.0.19-2.module+el8.6.0+16240+7ca51420.noarch.rpm nodejs-packaging-25-1.module+el8.5.0+10992+fac5fe06.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: nodejs-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-devel-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.17.1-1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.ppc64le.rpm npm-8.15.0-1.16.17.1.1.module+el8.6.0+16848+a483195a.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6964-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6964
Issue date: 2022-10-17

Topic

An update for the nodejs:16 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

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Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - 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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