RedHat: RHSA-2017-2908:01 Moderate: rh-nodejs6-nodejs security update
Summary
Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable
network applications in the JavaScript programming language.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs (6.11.3). (BZ#1476317)
Security Fix(es):
* It was found that Node.js was using a non-randomized seed when populating
hash tables. An attacker, able to supply a large number of inputs, could
send specially crafted entries to the Node.js application, maximizing hash
collisions to trigger an excessive amount of CPU usage, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2017-11499)
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11499 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el6.src.rpm
noarch:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-docs-6.11.3-2.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-debuginfo-6.11.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-devel-6.11.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7):
Source:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el6.src.rpm
noarch:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-docs-6.11.3-2.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-debuginfo-6.11.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-devel-6.11.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el6.src.rpm
noarch:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-docs-6.11.3-2.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-debuginfo-6.11.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-devel-6.11.3-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-docs-6.11.3-2.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-debuginfo-6.11.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-devel-6.11.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3):
Source:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-docs-6.11.3-2.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-debuginfo-6.11.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-devel-6.11.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el7.src.rpm
noarch:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-docs-6.11.3-2.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-6.11.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-debuginfo-6.11.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-nodejs6-nodejs-devel-6.11.3-2.el7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for rh-nodejs6-nodejs is now available for Red Hat SoftwareCollections.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1475327 - CVE-2017-11499 nodejs: Constant Hashtable Seeds vulnerability