RHSA-2021:3638 — Security Advisory

An update for the nodejs:12 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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 (12.22.5). (BZ#1994939)

Security Fix(es):

• nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22930)

• nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22940)

• c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may lead to domain hijacking (CVE-2021-3672)

• nodejs: Improper handling of untypical characters in domain names (CVE-2021-22931)

• nodejs-hosted-git-info: Regular Expression denial of service via shortcutMatch in fromUrl() (CVE-2021-23362)

• nodejs-ssri: Regular expression DoS (ReDoS) when parsing malicious SRI in strict mode (CVE-2021-27290)

• nodejs-tar: Insufficient symlink protection allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-32803)

• nodejs-tar: Insufficient absolute path sanitization allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-32804)

• libuv: out-of-bounds read in uv__idna_toascii() can lead to information disclosures or crashes (CVE-2021-22918)

• nodejs: Incomplete validation of tls rejectUnauthorized parameter (CVE-2021-22939)

• nodejs-path-parse: ReDoS via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe and splitPathRe (CVE-2021-23343)

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):

• nodejs:12/nodejs: Make FIPS options always available (BZ#1993928)