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Red Hat 8.6 RHSA-2023:4033-01 Important Node.js 16 Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey July 12, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Important security patch for nodejs:16 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 addressing significant threats, including potential denial of service issues.
An update for the nodejs:16 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 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.
Security Fix(es):
* c-ares: 0-byte UDP payload Denial of Service (CVE-2023-32067)
* c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() (CVE-2023-31130)
* c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (CVE-2023-31147)
* c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation (CVE-2023-31124)
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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux important Denial of Service nodejs:16

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31124 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31130 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31147 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32067 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6):
Source: nodejs-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.src.rpm nodejs-nodemon-2.0.20-3.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.src.rpm nodejs-packaging-25-1.module+el8.5.0+10992+fac5fe06.src.rpm
aarch64: nodejs-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.aarch64.rpm nodejs-devel-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.aarch64.rpm npm-8.19.3-1.16.19.1.2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.noarch.rpm nodejs-nodemon-2.0.20-3.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.noarch.rpm nodejs-packaging-25-1.module+el8.5.0+10992+fac5fe06.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: nodejs-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-devel-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.19.1-2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.ppc64le.rpm npm-8.19.3-1.16.19.1.2.module+el8.6.0+19139+7f27a8ff.ppc64le.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4033-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4033
Issue date: 2023-07-12

Topic

An update for the nodejs:16 module is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8.6 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.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow Red Hat Enterprise Linux important Denial of Service nodejs:16

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2209494 - CVE-2023-31124 c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation

2209497 - CVE-2023-31130 c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton()

2209501 - CVE-2023-31147 c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs

2209502 - CVE-2023-32067 c-ares: 0-byte UDP payload Denial of Service

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