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Medium ALSA-2021:0551 7 CVEs

Moderate: nodejs:14 security and bug fix update

Published Feb 16, 2021 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

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 (14.15.4).

Security Fix(es):

* nodejs-npm-user-validate: improper input validation when validating user emails leads to ReDoS (CVE-2020-7754)

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

* nodejs-ini: prototype pollution via malicious INI file (CVE-2020-7788)

* nodejs: use-after-free in the TLS implementation (CVE-2020-8265)

* 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)

* nodejs: HTTP request smuggling via two copies of a header field in an http request (CVE-2020-8287)

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:14 on aarch64 (BZ#1916465)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-nodemon 2.0.3-1.module_el8.4.0+2521+c668cc9f
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-packaging 23-3.module_el8.5.0+254+b4526b16
AlmaLinux · 8 nodejs-packaging 23-3.module_el8.4.0+2522+3bd42762

Vulnerabilities 7

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-15366
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-7754
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-7774
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-7788
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-8265
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-8277
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-8287