Important: nodejs:20 security update

Synopsis

Important: nodejs:20 security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for the nodejs:20 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):

  • HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-44487)
  • nodejs: permission model improperly protects against path traversal (CVE-2023-39331)
  • nodejs: path traversal through path stored in Uint8Array (CVE-2023-39332)
  • nodejs: integrity checks according to policies can be circumvented (CVE-2023-38552)
  • nodejs: code injection via WebAssembly export names (CVE-2023-39333)
  • node-undici: cookie leakage (CVE-2023-45143)

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 IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2242803 - CVE-2023-44487 HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack)
  • BZ - 2244104 - CVE-2023-45143 node-undici: cookie leakage
  • BZ - 2244413 - CVE-2023-39331 nodejs: permission model improperly protects against path traversal
  • BZ - 2244414 - CVE-2023-39332 nodejs: path traversal through path stored in Uint8Array
  • BZ - 2244415 - CVE-2023-38552 nodejs: integrity checks according to policies can be circumvented
  • BZ - 2244418 - CVE-2023-39333 nodejs: code injection via WebAssembly export names