Fedora EPEL 7 update for nodejs



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-43616
CWE-ID CWE-345
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

nodejs
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Insufficient verification of data authenticity

EUVDB-ID: #VU63842

Risk: High

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

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-43616

CWE-ID: CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient verification of data authenticity in the npm ci command. A remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability to install malware that was supposed to have been blocked by an exact version match requirement in package-lock.json.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 7

nodejs: before 16.13.2-8.el7

CPE2.3 External links

http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2022-a23ae5cde8


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.



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