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RHEL 8 RHSA-2023-5360-01 Important Node.js:16 Security Issues

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Calendar Grey September 26, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat has issued a critical notice regarding an essential update for nodejs:16, which includes vital security patches as well as performance improvements for RHEL 8.
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). (BZ#2233891)
Security Fix(es):
* nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load (CVE-2023-32002)
* nodejs-semver: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2022-25883)
* nodejs: Permissions policies can impersonate other modules in using module.constructor.createRequire() (CVE-2023-32006)
* nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.binding (CVE-2023-32559)
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:16/nodejs: nodejs.prov doesn't generate the bundled dependency for modules starting @ like @colors/colors (BZ#2237394)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue bug fix important RHEL JavaScript nodejs

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25883 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32002 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32006 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32559 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: nodejs-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.src.rpm nodejs-nodemon-3.0.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19764+7eed1ca3.src.rpm nodejs-packaging-26-1.module+el8.8.0+19857+6d2a104d.src.rpm
aarch64: nodejs-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.aarch64.rpm nodejs-devel-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.aarch64.rpm npm-8.19.4-1.16.20.2.2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.noarch.rpm nodejs-nodemon-3.0.1-1.module+el8.8.0+19764+7eed1ca3.noarch.rpm nodejs-packaging-26-1.module+el8.8.0+19857+6d2a104d.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: nodejs-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-devel-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.20.2-2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.ppc64le.rpm npm-8.19.4-1.16.20.2.2.module+el8.8.0+19898+ab99ba34.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5360-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5360
Issue date: 2023-09-26

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

security advisory security issue bug fix important RHEL JavaScript nodejs

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

2216475 - CVE-2022-25883 nodejs-semver: Regular expression denial of service

2230948 - CVE-2023-32002 nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load

2230955 - CVE-2023-32006 nodejs: Permissions policies can impersonate other modules in using module.constructor.createRequire()

2230956 - CVE-2023-32559 nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.binding

2233891 - nodejs:16/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 16 release [rhel-8] [rhel-8.8.0.z]

2237394 - nodejs:16/nodejs: nodejs.prov doesn't generate the bundled dependency for modules starting @ like @colors/colors [rhel-8.8.0.z]

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