Resource management error in Node.js - CVE-2021-22883

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU50954

Resource management error in Node.js - CVE-2021-22883

Published: February 25, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50954
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22883
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application when processing multiple connection attempts with an 'unknownProtocol'. A remote attacker can initiate multiple connections with the server, which will trigger a leak of file descriptors and result in a denial of service (DoS) condition.


Affected software

Node.js
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
openEuler
Ubuntu
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
rh-nodejs10-nodejs (Red Hat package)
rh-nodejs12-nodejs (Red Hat package)
nodejs (Alpine package)
nodejs-current (Alpine package)
nodejs (Debian package)
libnode64 (Ubuntu package)
libnode-dev (Ubuntu package)
nodejs (Ubuntu package)
v8-devel
npm
nodejs
nodejs-devel
nodejs-docs
nodejs-debugsource
nodejs-full-i18n
nodejs-debuginfo
nodejs-libs
nodejs10-docs
nodejs10
nodejs10-debuginfo
nodejs10-debugsource
nodejs10-devel
npm10
nodejs12-debugsource
nodejs12
nodejs12-docs
npm12
nodejs12-devel
nodejs12-debuginfo
rh-nodejs14-nodejs (Red Hat package)
nodejs14-debugsource
nodejs14
nodejs14-docs
npm14
nodejs14-devel
nodejs14-debuginfo
e-mesh EMS
SINEC INS
Red Hat Software Collections
IBM Netcool Agile Service Manager
IBM Cloud Transformation Advisor
IBM Cloud Automation Manager
verdaccio
Oracle NoSQL Database

How to mitigate CVE-2021-22883

Install updates from vendor's website.

Node.js - addressed in versions 10.24.0, 12.21.0, 14.16.0, 15.10.0
rh-nodejs10-nodejs (Red Hat package) - update to 10.24.0-1.el7
rh-nodejs12-nodejs (Red Hat package) - update to 12.21.0-1.el7
e-mesh EMS - update to 1.0.1
IBM Netcool Agile Service Manager - update to 1.1.13
verdaccio - update to 4.11.1
Oracle NoSQL Database - update to 20.3
nodejs (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 12.21.0-r0, 14.16.0-r0
nodejs-current (Alpine package) - update to 15.10.0-r0
nodejs (Debian package) - update to 10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u1
libnode64 (Ubuntu package) - update to 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.2
libnode-dev (Ubuntu package) - update to 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.2
nodejs (Ubuntu package) - update to 10.19.0~dfsg-3ubuntu1.2
v8-devel - update to 6.8.275.32-1.10.21.0.6
npm - update to 6.14.4-1.10.21.0.6
nodejs - addressed in versions 10-3220210223224027.43bbeeef, 10-3320210223224027.601d93de, 10-3420210223224027.058368ca, 12-3220210225180352.43bbeeef, 12-3320210223224147.601d93de, 12-3420210225180352.058368ca, 12.21.0-2.fc32, 14-3220210223224243.43bbeeef, 14-3320210223224243.601d93de, 14.16.0-1.fc33, 14.16.0-1.fc34, 15-3220210303194449.43bbeeef, 15-3320210303194449.601d93de, 15-3420210303194449.058368ca
nodejs-devel - update to 10.21.0-6
nodejs-docs - update to 10.21.0-6
nodejs - update to 10.21.0-6
nodejs-debugsource - update to 10.21.0-6
nodejs-full-i18n - update to 10.21.0-6
nodejs-debuginfo - update to 10.21.0-6
nodejs-libs - update to 10.21.0-6
nodejs10-docs - addressed in versions 10.24.0-1.33.2, 10.24.0-1.36.2
nodejs10 - addressed in versions 10.24.0-1.33.2, 10.24.0-1.36.2
nodejs10-debuginfo - addressed in versions 10.24.0-1.33.2, 10.24.0-1.36.2
nodejs10-debugsource - addressed in versions 10.24.0-1.33.2, 10.24.0-1.36.2
nodejs10-devel - addressed in versions 10.24.0-1.33.2, 10.24.0-1.36.2
npm10 - addressed in versions 10.24.0-1.33.2, 10.24.0-1.36.2
nodejs12-debugsource - addressed in versions 12.21.0-1.29.2, 12.21.0-4.13.2
nodejs12 - addressed in versions 12.21.0-1.29.2, 12.21.0-4.13.2
nodejs12-docs - addressed in versions 12.21.0-1.29.2, 12.21.0-4.13.2
npm12 - addressed in versions 12.21.0-1.29.2, 12.21.0-4.13.2
nodejs12-devel - addressed in versions 12.21.0-1.29.2, 12.21.0-4.13.2
nodejs12-debuginfo - addressed in versions 12.21.0-1.29.2, 12.21.0-4.13.2
rh-nodejs14-nodejs (Red Hat package) - update to 14.16.0-1.el7
nodejs14-debugsource - addressed in versions 14.16.0-5.9.1, 14.16.0-6.9.2
nodejs14 - addressed in versions 14.16.0-5.9.1, 14.16.0-6.9.2
nodejs14-docs - addressed in versions 14.16.0-5.9.1, 14.16.0-6.9.2
npm14 - addressed in versions 14.16.0-5.9.1, 14.16.0-6.9.2
nodejs14-devel - addressed in versions 14.16.0-5.9.1, 14.16.0-6.9.2
nodejs14-debuginfo - addressed in versions 14.16.0-5.9.1, 14.16.0-6.9.2
SINEC INS - update to 1.0.1.1
IBM Cloud Automation Manager - update to 4.2.0.1 iFix 3

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