Important: nodejs security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-44487  

Synopsis

Important: nodejs security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for nodejs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

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: HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-44487)

A Red Hat Security Bulletin which addresses further details about this flaw is available in the References section.

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

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.0 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.0 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.0 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.0 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.0 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.0 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 2242803 - CVE-2023-44487 HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack)