SB2024082628 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the nodejs:20 module



SB2024082628 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the nodejs:20 module

Published: August 26, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024082628
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28863)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources while parsing a tar file. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22020)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling non-network imports in data URLs. A remote user can bypass network import restrictions and execute arbitrary code.


3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-22018)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass permissions model.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions when experimental permission model when the --allow-fs-read flag is used. A remote user can retrieve stats from files that they do not have explicit read access to.


4) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36137)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the experimental permission model when the --allow-fs-write flag is used. A remote user can change file ownership and permissions via fs.fchown and fs.fchmod.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.