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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 RHSA-2023-5533-01 Important Nodejs Update

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat releases a critical security notification for nodejs, tackling major flaw corrections and risks in the software.
An update for nodejs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 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.
The package has been upgraded to a later upstream version: nodejs (16.20.2).
Security Fix(es):
* nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load (CVE-2023-32002)
* c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)
* http-cache-semantics: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability (CVE-2022-25881)
* Node.js: Fetch API did not protect against CRLF injection in host headers (CVE-2023-23936)
* 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)
* 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)
* Node.js: insecure loading of ICU data through ICU_DATA environment variable (CVE-2023-23920)
* Node.js: Regular Expression Denial of Service in Headers fetch API (CVE-2023-24807)
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: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 16 release [rhel-9] (BZ#2236435, BZ#2178078, BZ#2223335)

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security advisory buffer overflow bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux important nodejs permissions bypass

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4904 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25881 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23920 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23936 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24807 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/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 EUS (v.9.0):
Source: nodejs-16.20.2-1.el9_0.src.rpm
aarch64: nodejs-16.20.2-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.20.2-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.20.2-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.20.2-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-libs-16.20.2-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm nodejs-libs-debuginfo-16.20.2-1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm npm-8.19.4-1.16.20.2.1.el9_0.aarch64.rpm
noarch: nodejs-docs-16.20.2-1.el9_0.noarch.rpm
ppc64le: nodejs-16.20.2-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.20.2-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.20.2-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.20.2-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-libs-16.20.2-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm nodejs-libs-debuginfo-16.20.2-1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm npm-8.19.4-1.16.20.2.1.el9_0.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: nodejs-16.20.2-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.20.2-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.20.2-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm nodejs-full-i18n-16.20.2-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm nodejs-libs-16.20.2-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm nodejs-libs-debuginfo-16.20.2-1.el9_0.s390x.rpm npm-8.19.4-1.16.20.2.1.el9_0.s390x.rpm
x86_64: nodejs-16.20.2-1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.20.2-1.el9_0.i686.rpm nodejs-debuginfo-16.20.2-1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.20.2-1.el9_0.i686.rpm nodejs-debugsource-16.20.2-1.el9_0.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5533-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5533
Issue date: 2023-10-09

Topic

An update for nodejs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0Extended 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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow bug fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux important nodejs permissions bypass

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2165824 - CVE-2022-25881 http-cache-semantics: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability

2168631 - CVE-2022-4904 c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check

2172190 - CVE-2023-23936 Node.js: Fetch API did not protect against CRLF injection in host headers

2172204 - CVE-2023-24807 Node.js: Regular Expression Denial of Service in Headers fetch API

2172217 - CVE-2023-23920 Node.js: insecure loading of ICU data through ICU_DATA environment variable

2178078 - nodejs: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 16 release [rhel-9] [rhel-9.0.0.z]

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

2223335 - nodejs: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 16 release [rhel-9] [rhel-9.0.0.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

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