QID 239986

Date Published: 2022-01-10

QID 239986: Red Hat Update for rh-nodejs14-nodejs and rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon (RHSA-2022:0041)

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-ansi-regex: regular expression denial of service (redos) matching ansi escape codes (cve-2021-3807)
  • nodejs-tar: insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoning using symbolic links allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (cve-2021-37701)
  • nodejs-tar: insufficient symlink protection due to directory cache poisoning using symbolic links allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (cve-2021-37712)
  • 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 software collections (for rhel server) 1 for rhel 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat software collections (for rhel server for system z) 1 for rhel 7 s390x
  • Red Hat software collections (for rhel server for ibm power le) 1 for rhel 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat software collections (for rhel workstation) 1 for rhel 7 x86_64



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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-2022:0041 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:0041 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0041