openEuler 20.03 LTS SP2 update for nodejs



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-22918
CWE-ID CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
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

nodejs-debuginfo
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

nodejs-full-i18n
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

nodejs-debugsource
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

nodejs-libs
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

npm
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

nodejs-devel
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 one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU54624

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22918

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in uv__idna_toascii() function in libuv, which is used to convert strings to ASCII. A remote attacker can force the application to resolve a specially crafted hostname, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and gain access to sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP2

nodejs-docs: before 10.21.0-8

v8-devel: before 6.8.275.32-1.10.21.0.8

nodejs-debuginfo: before 10.21.0-8

nodejs-full-i18n: before 10.21.0-8

nodejs-debugsource: before 10.21.0-8

nodejs-libs: before 10.21.0-8

npm: before 6.14.4-1.10.21.0.8

nodejs-devel: before 10.21.0-8

nodejs: before 10.21.0-8

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2021-1291


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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