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High ALSA-2022:6963 2 CVEs

Important: nodejs security update

Published Oct 18, 2022 · 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 (16.17.1).

Security Fix(es):

* nodejs: weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen (CVE-2022-35255)
* nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling due to incorrect parsing of header fields (CVE-2022-35256)

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 · 9 nodejs 1:16.17.1-1.el9_0
AlmaLinux · 9 nodejs-docs 1:16.17.1-1.el9_0
AlmaLinux · 9 nodejs-full-i18n 1:16.17.1-1.el9_0
AlmaLinux · 9 nodejs-libs 1:16.17.1-1.el9_0
AlmaLinux · 9 npm 1:8.15.0-1.16.17.1.1.el9_0

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-35255
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-35256
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2130517
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2130518
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-6963.html