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RedHat 9 RHSA-2023-5363-01 Important: Node.js 18 Security Issues

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Calendar Grey September 26, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A crucial security patch for Node.js 18 on RHEL 9 tackles significant vulnerabilities and issues.
An update for the nodejs:18 module 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 (18). (BZ#2223313, BZ#2234404)
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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix important security impact Node.js permissions policy

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. 9):
Source: nodejs-18.17.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.src.rpm nodejs-nodemon-3.0.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.src.rpm nodejs-packaging-2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601.src.rpm
aarch64: nodejs-18.17.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-18.17.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-18.17.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-devel-18.17.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-18.17.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.aarch64.rpm npm-9.6.7-1.18.17.1.1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-18.17.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.noarch.rpm nodejs-nodemon-3.0.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.noarch.rpm nodejs-packaging-2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601.noarch.rpm nodejs-packaging-bundler-2021.06-4.module+el9.1.0+15718+e52ec601.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: nodejs-18.17.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-18.17.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-18.17.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-devel-18.17.1-1.module+el9.2.0.z+19753+58118bc0.ppc64le.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5363-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5363
Issue date: 2023-09-26

Topic

An update for the nodejs:18 module is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat bug fix important security impact Node.js permissions policy

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Bugs Fixed

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

2223313 - nodejs:18/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 18 release [rhel-9] [rhel-9.2.0.z]

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

2234404 - nodejs:18/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 18 release [rhel-9] [rhel-9.2.0.z]

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