openEuler update for nodejs

Published: 2021-03-05

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-8287 CVE-2020-8265
CWE-ID	CWE-444 CWE-416
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software	openEuler Operating systems & Components / Operating system nodejs-docs Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component v8-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component npm Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component nodejs-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component nodejs-full-i18n Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component nodejs-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component nodejs-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component nodejs-libs Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component nodejs Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) HTTP request smuggling

EUVDB-ID: #VU49253

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8287

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to preform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of HTTP requests. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers.

Successful exploitation of vulnerability may allow an attacker to poison HTTP cache and perform phishing attacks.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP1 - 20.03 LTS

nodejs-docs: before 10.21.0-4

v8-devel: before 6.8.275.32-1.10.21.0.4.oe1

npm: before 6.14.4-1.10.21.0.4.oe1

nodejs-debugsource: before 10.21.0-4

nodejs-full-i18n: before 10.21.0-4

nodejs-debuginfo: before 10.21.0-4

nodejs-devel: before 10.21.0-4

nodejs-libs: before 10.21.0-4

nodejs: before 10.21.0-4

CPE2.3

External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2021-1058

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

2) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU49254