RHSA-2023:1742: Important: nodejs:14 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Apr 12, 2023
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Updated

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 (14.21.3).Security Fix(es): decode-uri-component: improper input validation resulting in DoS (CVE-2022-38900) glob-parent: Regular Expression Denial of Service (CVE-2021-35065) nodejs: Improper handling of URI Subject Alternative Names (CVE-2021-44531) nodejs: Certificate Verification Bypass via String Injection (CVE-2021-44532) nodejs: Incorrect handling of certificate subject and issuer fields (CVE-2021-44533) minimist: prototype pollution (CVE-2021-44906) node-fetch: exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor (CVE-2022-0235) nodejs-minimatch: ReDoS via the braceExpand function (CVE-2022-3517) c-ares: buffer overflow in configsortlist() due to missing string length check (CVE-2022-4904) express: "qs" prototype poisoning causes the hang of the node process (CVE-2022-24999) http-cache-semantics: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability (CVE-2022-25881) nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling due to incorrect parsing of header fields (CVE-2022-35256) nodejs: DNS rebinding in inspect via invalid octal IP address (CVE-2022-43548) Node.js: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.mainModule (CVE-2023-23918) nodejs: Prototype pollution via console.table properties (CVE-2022-21824) Node.js: insecure loading of ICU data through ICUDATA environment variable (CVE-2023-23920) 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.

Affected Software

29 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/nodejs<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-nodemon<2.0.20-3.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
2.0.20-3.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-packaging<23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83
23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83
redhat/nodejs-docs<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-nodemon<2.0.20-3.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
2.0.20-3.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-packaging<23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83
23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83
redhat/nodejs<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-debuginfo<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-debugsource<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-devel<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-full-i18n<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/npm<6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-debuginfo<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-debugsource<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-devel<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-full-i18n<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/npm<6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-debuginfo<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-debugsource<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-devel<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs-full-i18n<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/npm<6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
redhat/nodejs<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
redhat/nodejs-debuginfo<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
redhat/nodejs-debugsource<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
redhat/nodejs-devel<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
redhat/nodejs-full-i18n<14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
redhat/npm<6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs-nodemon to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.0.20-3.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs-packaging to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 23-3.module+el8.3.0+6519+9f98ed83
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs-docs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs-full-i18n to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/npm to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/nodejs-full-i18n to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/npm to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.14.18-1.14.21.3.1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.aa
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade nodejs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3Patch CVE-2022-38900
  17. Upgrade

    Upgrade nodejs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3Patch CVE-2023-23918
  18. Upgrade

    Upgrade nodejs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 14.21.3Patch CVE-2023-23920
  19. Upgrade

    Upgrade c-ares to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2022-4904
  20. Upgrade

    Upgrade express to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2022-24999
  21. Upgrade

    Upgrade glob-parent to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2021-35065
  22. Upgrade

    Upgrade http-cache-semantics to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2022-25881
  23. Upgrade

    Upgrade minimist to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2021-44906
  24. Upgrade

    Upgrade node-fetch to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2022-0235
  25. Upgrade

    Upgrade nodejs-minimatch to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2022-3517
  26. Upgrade

    Upgrade nodejs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2021-44532
  27. Upgrade

    Upgrade nodejs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2022-43548
  28. Upgrade

    Upgrade nodejs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2022-35256
  29. Upgrade

    Upgrade nodejs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2021-44531
  30. Upgrade

    Upgrade nodejs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2021-44533
  31. Upgrade

    Upgrade nodejs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch CVE-2022-21824

Event History

Jul 26, 2026
Advisory Published
via Red Hat·07:27 PM
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·07:27 PM
RemedyDescriptionAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of RHSA-2023:1742?

The severity of RHSA-2023:1742 is categorized as Moderate based on the nature of the vulnerabilities addressed.

2

How do I fix RHSA-2023:1742?

To fix RHSA-2023:1742, update the affected packages to the latest version 14.21.3-1.module+el8.6.0+18532+cbe6f646.

3

Which software packages are affected by RHSA-2023:1742?

The affected packages include nodejs, nodejs-nodemon, nodejs-packaging, and several associated modules and debug sources.

4

Are there any known exploits for RHSA-2023:1742?

As of now, there are no known public exploits specifically targeting the vulnerabilities addressed in RHSA-2023:1742.

5

What type of vulnerabilities are addressed in RHSA-2023:1742?

RHSA-2023:1742 addresses vulnerabilities in the decode-uri-component library utilized by Node.js applications.

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