SB2023100951 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for nodejs

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32002)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions for the Module._load() method. A remote attacker can bypass the policy mechanism and include modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module.

2) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32006)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions for the module.constructor.createRequire() method. A remote attacker can bypass the policy mechanism and include modules outside of the policy.json definition for a given module.

3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-32559)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of deprecated API process.binding(). A remote attacker can bypass the policy mechanism by requiring internal modules and eventually take advantage of process.binding('spawn_sync') run arbitrary code, outside of the limits defined in a policy.json file.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5532