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 (16.19.1), nodejs-nodemon (2.0.20).
Security Fix(es):
* c-ares: buffer overflow in config_sortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904)
* http-cache-semantics: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability (CVE-2022-25881)
* Node.js: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.mainModule (CVE-2023-23918)
* Node.js: Fetch API did not protect against CRLF injection in host headers (CVE-2023-23936)
* Node.js: insecure loading of ICU data through ICU_DATA environment variable (CVE-2023-23920)
* Node.js: Regular Expression Denial of Service in Headers fetch API (CVE-2023-24807)
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
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 9 | nodejs | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | nodejs-docs | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | nodejs-full-i18n | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | nodejs-libs | 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 |
| AlmaLinux · 9 | npm | 1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2 |
Vulnerabilities 6
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High 8.6
A flaw was found in the c-ares package. The ares_set_sortlist is missing checks about the validity of the input string,…
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High 7.5
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1 and <14.21.3 that made it possible t…
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High 7.5
Undici vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service in Headers
Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Prior to version 5.19.1, the `Headers.set()` and `Headers.append()` methods are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks when untrusted values are passed into the functions. This is due to th…
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Medium 6.5
CRLF Injection in Nodejs ‘undici’ via host
Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Starting with version 2.0.0 and prior to version 5.19.1, the undici library does not protect `host` HTTP header from CRLF injection vulnerabilities. This issue is patched in Undici v5.19.1. As a workaround, sanitize t…
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Medium 5.3
http-cache-semantics vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service
This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.
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Medium 4.2
An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in Node.js. <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, and <14.21.3 that could allow an…
References
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25881
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4904
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23918
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23920
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-23936
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report
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-24807
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2165824
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2168631
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2171935
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2172190
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2172204
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2172217
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advisory
https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-2655.html