RHSA-2022:9073 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for the nodejs:16 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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 were updated to later upstream versions: nodejs (16.18.1), nodejs-nodemon (2.0.20).

Security Fix(es):

• nodejs: Improper handling of URI Subject Alternative Names (CVE-2021-44531)
• nodejs: Certificate Verification Bypass via String Injection (CVE-2021-44532)
• nodejs: Incorrect handling of certificate subject and issuer fields (CVE-2021-44533)
• minimist: prototype pollution (CVE-2021-44906)
• nodejs-minimatch: ReDoS via the braceExpand function (CVE-2022-3517)
• nodejs: DNS rebinding in inspect via invalid octal IP address (CVE-2022-43548)
• nodejs: Prototype pollution via console.table properties (CVE-2022-21824)

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:16/nodejs: Packaged version of undici does not fit with declared version. [rhel-8] (BZ#2151625)

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 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2040839 - CVE-2021-44531 nodejs: Improper handling of URI Subject Alternative Names
• BZ - 2040846 - CVE-2021-44532 nodejs: Certificate Verification Bypass via String Injection
• BZ - 2040856 - CVE-2021-44533 nodejs: Incorrect handling of certificate subject and issuer fields
• BZ - 2040862 - CVE-2022-21824 nodejs: Prototype pollution via console.table properties
• BZ - 2066009 - CVE-2021-44906 minimist: prototype pollution
• BZ - 2134609 - CVE-2022-3517 nodejs-minimatch: ReDoS via the braceExpand function
• BZ - 2140911 - CVE-2022-43548 nodejs: DNS rebinding in inspect via invalid octal IP address
• BZ - 2142806 - nodejs:16/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 16 release [rhel-8] [rhel-8.7.0.z]

CVEs

• CVE-2021-44531
• CVE-2021-44532
• CVE-2021-44533
• CVE-2021-44906
• CVE-2022-3517
• CVE-2022-21824
• CVE-2022-43548

References

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