QID 241332

Date Published: 2023-04-10

QID 241332: Red Hat Update for nodejs:16 security (RHSA-2023:1582)

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the javascript programming language. ..
Security fix(es):

    glob-parent: regular expression denial of service (cve-2021-35065).
    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: permissions policies can be bypassed via process.mainmodule (cve-2023-23918).
    Node.js: openssl error handling issues in nodejs crypto library (cve-2023-23919).
    Node.js: fetch api did not protect against crlf injection in host headers (cve-2023-23936).
    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).
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 - 8.6 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2023:1582 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2023:1582 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1582