RHSA-2021:3639 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for the nodejs:12 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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 (12.22.5). (BZ#1994941)

Security Fix(es):

• nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22930)
• nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22940)
• c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may lead to domain hijacking (CVE-2021-3672)
• nodejs: Improper handling of untypical characters in domain names (CVE-2021-22931)
• 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)
• nodejs-tar: Insufficient symlink protection allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-32803)
• nodejs-tar: Insufficient absolute path sanitization allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-32804)
• libuv: out-of-bounds read in uv__idna_toascii() can lead to information disclosures or crashes (CVE-2021-22918)
• nodejs: Incomplete validation of tls rejectUnauthorized parameter (CVE-2021-22939)
• nodejs-path-parse: ReDoS via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe and splitPathRe (CVE-2021-23343)

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:12/nodejs: Make FIPS options always available (BZ#1993929)

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1941471 - CVE-2021-27290 nodejs-ssri: Regular expression DoS (ReDoS) when parsing malicious SRI in strict mode
• BZ - 1943208 - CVE-2021-23362 nodejs-hosted-git-info: Regular Expression denial of service via shortcutMatch in fromUrl()
• BZ - 1956818 - CVE-2021-23343 nodejs-path-parse: ReDoS via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe and splitPathRe
• BZ - 1979338 - CVE-2021-22918 libuv: out-of-bounds read in uv__idna_toascii() can lead to information disclosures or crashes
• BZ - 1988342 - CVE-2021-3672 c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may lead to domain hijacking
• BZ - 1988394 - CVE-2021-22930 nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling
• BZ - 1990409 - CVE-2021-32804 nodejs-tar: Insufficient absolute path sanitization allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite
• BZ - 1990415 - CVE-2021-32803 nodejs-tar: Insufficient symlink protection allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite
• BZ - 1993019 - CVE-2021-22931 nodejs: Improper handling of untypical characters in domain names
• BZ - 1993029 - CVE-2021-22940 nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling
• BZ - 1993039 - CVE-2021-22939 nodejs: Incomplete validation of tls rejectUnauthorized parameter
• BZ - 1993929 - nodejs:12/nodejs: Make FIPS options always available [rhel-8.1.0.z]

CVEs

• CVE-2021-3672
• CVE-2021-22918
• CVE-2021-22930
• CVE-2021-22931
• CVE-2021-22939
• CVE-2021-22940
• CVE-2021-23343
• CVE-2021-23362
• CVE-2021-27290
• CVE-2021-32803
• CVE-2021-32804

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important