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 8.6 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 (16). (BZ#2223679, BZ#2223681, BZ#2223683, BZ#2223685, BZ#2223687, BZ#2233892)

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: 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)
• 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#2237395)

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 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2216475 - CVE-2022-25883 nodejs-semver: Regular expression denial of service
• 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 - 2223679 - nodejs:16/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 16 release [rhel-8] [rhel-8.6.0.z]
• 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 - 2233892 - nodejs:16/nodejs: Rebase to the latest Nodejs 16 release [rhel-8] [rhel-8.6.0.z]
• BZ - 2237395 - nodejs:16/nodejs: nodejs.prov doesn't generate the bundled dependency for modules starting @ like @colors/colors [rhel-8.6.0.z]

CVEs

• CVE-2022-25883
• CVE-2023-30581
• CVE-2023-30588
• CVE-2023-30589
• CVE-2023-30590
• CVE-2023-32002
• CVE-2023-32006
• CVE-2023-32559

References

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