Issued:

2021-09-27

Updated:

2021-09-27

RHSA-2021:3666 - Important: nodejs:14 security and bug fix update

Synopsis

Important: nodejs:14 security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for the nodejs:14 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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.

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-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)

• 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:14/nodejs: Make FIPS options always available (BZ#1993924)

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

Updated Packages

• npm-6.14.14-1.14.17.5.1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.s390x.rpm
• nodejs-debugsource-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.s390x.rpm
• nodejs-packaging-23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83.src.rpm
• nodejs-nodemon-2.0.3-1.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83.src.rpm
• nodejs-docs-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.noarch.rpm
• nodejs-full-i18n-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.s390x.rpm
• nodejs-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.s390x.rpm
• nodejs-debuginfo-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.s390x.rpm
• nodejs-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.src.rpm
• nodejs-nodemon-2.0.3-1.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83.noarch.rpm
• nodejs-packaging-23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83.noarch.rpm
• nodejs-devel-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.s390x.rpm
• npm-6.14.14-1.14.17.5.1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm
• nodejs-debuginfo-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm
• nodejs-full-i18n-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm
• nodejs-debugsource-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm
• nodejs-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm
• nodejs-devel-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.ppc64le.rpm
• nodejs-debugsource-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm
• npm-6.14.14-1.14.17.5.1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm
• nodejs-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm
• nodejs-debuginfo-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm
• nodejs-devel-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm
• nodejs-full-i18n-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.aarch64.rpm
• nodejs-debugsource-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.x86_64.rpm
• nodejs-full-i18n-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.x86_64.rpm
• nodejs-debuginfo-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.x86_64.rpm
• nodejs-devel-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.x86_64.rpm
• nodejs-14.17.5-1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.x86_64.rpm
• npm-6.14.14-1.14.17.5.1.module+el8.4.0+12247+e2879e58.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 1956818
• This content is not included.BZ - 1988342
• This content is not included.BZ - 1988394
• This content is not included.BZ - 1990409
• This content is not included.BZ - 1990415
• This content is not included.BZ - 1993019
• This content is not included.BZ - 1993029
• This content is not included.BZ - 1993039
• This content is not included.BZ - 1993924

CVEs

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

References

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

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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