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Red Hat 8: RHSA-2023-4537-01 Moderate: Nodejs 16 Security Update

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest advisory from Red Hat outlines the moderate security implications reported in the updates for nodejs:16 on RHEL 8, highlighting essential bug corrections and enhancements.
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 package has been upgraded to a later upstream version: nodejs (16.20.1). (BZ#2223678, BZ#2223680, BZ#2223682, BZ#2223684, BZ#2223686, BZ#2223688)
Security Fix(es):
* nodejs: mainModule.proto bypass experimental policy mechanism (CVE-2023-30581)
* nodejs: process interuption due to invalid Public Key information in x509 certificates (CVE-2023-30588)
* nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling via Empty headers separated by CR (CVE-2023-30589)
* nodejs: DiffieHellman do not generate keys after setting a private key (CVE-2023-30590)
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 moderate security update Red Hat bug fix JavaScript nodejs

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-30581 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-30588 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-30589 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-30590 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: nodejs-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.src.rpm nodejs-nodemon-2.0.20-3.module+el8.8.0+19038+6f60344f.src.rpm nodejs-packaging-25-1.module+el8.5.0+10992+fac5fe06.src.rpm
aarch64: nodejs-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.aarch64.rpm nodejs-devel-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.aarch64.rpm npm-8.19.4-1.16.20.1.1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.noarch.rpm nodejs-nodemon-2.0.20-3.module+el8.8.0+19038+6f60344f.noarch.rpm nodejs-packaging-25-1.module+el8.5.0+10992+fac5fe06.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: nodejs-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-devel-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.20.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.ppc64le.rpm npm-8.19.4-1.16.20.1.1.module+el8.8.0+19440+ee8dbee5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:4537-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4537
Issue date: 2023-08-08

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 Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat bug fix JavaScript nodejs

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

2219824 - CVE-2023-30581 nodejs: mainModule.proto bypass experimental policy mechanism

2219838 - CVE-2023-30588 nodejs: process interuption due to invalid Public Key information in x509 certificates

2219841 - CVE-2023-30589 nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling via Empty headers separated by CR

2219842 - CVE-2023-30590 nodejs: DiffieHellman do not generate keys after setting a private key

2223678 - nodejs:16/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 16 release [rhel-8] [rhel-8.8.0.z]

2223688 - nodejs:16/nodejs: Remove /usr/etc/npmrc softlink. [rhel-8] [rhel-8.8.0.z]

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