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

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 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 (16). (BZ#2233891)

Security Fix(es):

• nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load (CVE-2023-32002)
• nodejs-semver: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2022-25883)
• nodejs: Permissions policies can impersonate other modules in using module.constructor.createRequire() (CVE-2023-32006)
• nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.binding (CVE-2023-32559)

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: nodejs.prov doesn't generate the bundled dependency for modules starting @ like @colors/colors (BZ#2237394)

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 - 2216475 - CVE-2022-25883 nodejs-semver: Regular expression denial of service
• BZ - 2230948 - CVE-2023-32002 nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load
• BZ - 2230955 - CVE-2023-32006 nodejs: Permissions policies can impersonate other modules in using module.constructor.createRequire()
• BZ - 2230956 - CVE-2023-32559 nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.binding
• BZ - 2233891 - nodejs:16/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 16 release [rhel-8] [rhel-8.8.0.z]
• BZ - 2237394 - nodejs:16/nodejs: nodejs.prov doesn't generate the bundled dependency for modules starting @ like @colors/colors [rhel-8.8.0.z]

CVEs

• CVE-2022-25883
• CVE-2023-32002
• CVE-2023-32006
• CVE-2023-32559

References

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