SB2024072622 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for nodejs
Published: July 26, 2024
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22025)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling brotli decoding. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27982)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform 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.
3) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25629)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The
vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the
ares__read_line() function when parsing local configuration files, such
as `/etc/resolv.conf`, `/etc/nsswitch.conf`, or `HOSTALIASES` file. A
local user can insert a NULL character as the first character in a new
line into one of the configuration files and crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.