QID 239547

Date Published: 2021-08-16

QID 239547: Red Hat Update for nodejs:14 (RHSA-2021:3074)

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 (14.17.3). (BZ#1978203)

Security Fix(es): nodejs-hosted-git-info: Regular Expression denial of service via shortcutMatch in fromUrl()
(CVE-2021-23362) nodejs-ssri: Regular expression DoS (ReDoS)
when parsing malicious SRI in strict mode (CVE-2021-27290) libuv: out-of-bounds read in uv__idna_toascii()
can lead to information disclosures or crashes (CVE-2021-22918)

Affected Products:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.4 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.4 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.4 aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:3074 to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239547

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:3074 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3074?language=en