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Medium ALSA-2020:5499 4 CVEs

Moderate: nodejs:12 security and bug fix update

Published Dec 15, 2020 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language.

Security Fix(es):

* nodejs-y18n: prototype pollution vulnerability (CVE-2020-7774)

* c-ares: ares_parse_{a,aaaa}_reply() insufficient naddrttls validation DoS (CVE-2020-8277)

* nodejs-ajv: prototype pollution via crafted JSON schema in ajv.validate function (CVE-2020-15366)

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):

* yarn install crashes with nodejs:12 on aarch64 (BZ#1901045)

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 4

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-15366
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-7608
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-7774
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-8277