Moderate: nodejs:16 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-30581   CVE-2023-30588   CVE-2023-30589   CVE-2023-30590  

Synopsis

Moderate: nodejs:16 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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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 package has been upgraded to a later upstream version: nodejs (16.20.1). (BZ#2223678, BZ#2223680, BZ#2223682, BZ#2223684, BZ#2223686, BZ#2223688)

Security Fix(es):

  • nodejs: mainModule.proto bypass experimental policy mechanism (CVE-2023-30581)
  • nodejs: process interuption due to invalid Public Key information in x509 certificates (CVE-2023-30588)
  • nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling via Empty headers separated by CR (CVE-2023-30589)
  • nodejs: DiffieHellman do not generate keys after setting a private key (CVE-2023-30590)

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.

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 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

Fixes

  • BZ - 2219824 - CVE-2023-30581 nodejs: mainModule.proto bypass experimental policy mechanism
  • BZ - 2219838 - CVE-2023-30588 nodejs: process interuption due to invalid Public Key information in x509 certificates
  • BZ - 2219841 - CVE-2023-30589 nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling via Empty headers separated by CR
  • BZ - 2219842 - CVE-2023-30590 nodejs: DiffieHellman do not generate keys after setting a private key
  • BZ - 2223678 - nodejs:16/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 16 release [rhel-8] [rhel-8.8.0.z]
  • BZ - 2223688 - nodejs:16/nodejs: Remove /usr/etc/npmrc softlink. [rhel-8] [rhel-8.8.0.z]