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High ALSA-2020:0579 6 CVEs

Important: nodejs:10 security update

Published Feb 25, 2020 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

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 (10.19.0).

Security Fix(es):

* nodejs: HTTP request smuggling using malformed Transfer-Encoding header (CVE-2019-15605)

* nodejs: Remotely trigger an assertion on a TLS server with a malformed certificate string (CVE-2019-15604)

* nodejs: HTTP header values do not have trailing optional whitespace trimmed (CVE-2019-15606)

* npm: Symlink reference outside of node_modules folder through the bin field upon installation (CVE-2019-16775)

* npm: Arbitrary file write via constructed entry in the package.json bin field (CVE-2019-16776)

* npm: Global node_modules Binary Overwrite (CVE-2019-16777)

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.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-nodemon 1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-nodemon 1.18.3-1.module_el8.3.0+2047+b07ac28e
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-packaging 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2224+b07ac28e
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-packaging 17-3.module_el8.4.0+2521+c668cc9f
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-packaging 17-3.module_el8.3.0+2023+d2377ea3

Vulnerabilities 6

  • High 7.7
    CVE-2019-16775

    Unauthorized File Access in npm CLI before before version 6.13.3

    Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.3 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Write. It is possible for packages to create symlinks to files outside of thenode_modules folder through the bin field upon installation. A properly constructed entry in the package.j…

    npm cli npm npm Debian Ubuntu npm
  • High 7.7
    CVE-2019-16776

    Unauthorized File Access in npm CLI before before version 6.13.3

    Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.3 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Write. It fails to prevent access to folders outside of the intended node_modules folder through the bin field. A properly constructed entry in the package.json bin field would allow …

    npm cli npm npm Debian Ubuntu npm
  • High 7.7
    CVE-2019-16777

    Arbitrary File Overwrite in npm CLI

    Versions of the npm CLI prior to 6.13.4 are vulnerable to an Arbitrary File Overwrite. It fails to prevent existing globally-installed binaries to be overwritten by other package installations. For example, if a package was installed globally and created a se…

    npm cli npm npm Debian Ubuntu npm
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2019-15604 EPSS 20%

    Improper Certificate Validation in Node.js 10, 12, and 13 causes the process to abort when sending a crafted X.509 cert…

    Node.js node nodejs nodejs Debian Ubuntu Alpine
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2019-15605 Public exploit EPSS 57%

    HTTP request smuggling in Node.js 10, 12, and 13 causes malicious payload delivery when transfer-encoding is malformed

    Node.js node nodejs nodejs Debian Ubuntu Alpine
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2019-15606 EPSS 20%

    Including trailing white space in HTTP header values in Nodejs 10, 12, and 13 causes bypass of authorization based on h…

    Node.js node nodejs nodejs Debian Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-15604
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-15605
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-15606
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-16775
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-16776
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-16777