QID 239970

Date Published: 2021-12-21

QID 239970: Red Hat Update for nodejs:16 security (RHSA-2021:5171)

node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the javascript programming language.

Security Fix(es):
  • nodejs-json-schema: prototype pollution vulnerability (cve-2021-3918)
  • nodejs-ini: prototype pollution via malicious ini file (cve-2020-7788)
  • nodejs-glob-parent: regular expression denial of service (cve-2020-28469)
  • nodejs-ansi-regex: regular expression denial of service (redos) matching ansi escape codes (cve-2021-3807)
  • normalize-url: redos for data urls (cve-2021-33502)
  • llhttp: http request smuggling due to spaces in headers (cve-2021-22959)
  • llhttp: http request smuggling when parsing the body of chunked requests (cve-2021-22960)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:5171 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239970

    CVE-2020-7788 | CVE-2020-28469 | CVE-2021-3807 | CVE-2021-3918 | CVE-2021-22959 | CVE-2021-22960 | CVE-2021-33502 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:5171 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:5171
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