Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Medium RLSA-2023:4537 4 CVEs

Moderate: nodejs:16 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Aug 8, 2023 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

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

The package has been upgraded to a later upstream version: nodejs (16.20.1). (BZ#2223678, BZ#2223680, BZ#2223682, BZ#2223684, BZ#2223686, BZ#2223688)

Security Fix(es):

* nodejs: mainModule.proto bypass experimental policy mechanism (CVE-2023-30581)

* nodejs: process interuption due to invalid Public Key information in x509 certificates (CVE-2023-30588)

* nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling via Empty headers separated by CR (CVE-2023-30589)

* nodejs: DiffieHellman do not generate keys after setting a private key (CVE-2023-30590)

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 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 nodejs-nodemon 0:2.0.20-3.module+el8.7.0+1178+d52dba78
Rocky Linux · 8 nodejs-packaging 0:25-1.module+el8.7.0+1108+49363b0d

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219824
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219838
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219841
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219842
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2223678
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2223688