Node.js before 16.6.1, 14.17.5, and 12.22.5 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior.
Weakness
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Node.js | Nodejs | 12.0.0 (including) | 12.22.5 (excluding) |
| Node.js | Nodejs | 14.0.0 (including) | 14.17.5 (excluding) |
| Node.js | Nodejs | 16.0.0 (including) | 16.6.2 (excluding) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | RedHat | nodejs:12-8040020210817133458.522a0ee4 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | RedHat | nodejs:14-8040020210817165654.522a0ee4 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support | RedHat | nodejs:12-8010020210817113128.c27ad7f8 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support | RedHat | nodejs:12-8020020210817125332.4cda2c84 | * |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RedHat | rh-nodejs14-nodejs-0:14.17.5-1.el7 | * |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RedHat | rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.22.5-1.el7 | * |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RedHat | rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon-0:2.0.3-5.el7 | * |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUS | RedHat | rh-nodejs14-nodejs-0:14.17.5-1.el7 | * |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUS | RedHat | rh-nodejs12-nodejs-0:12.22.5-1.el7 | * |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUS | RedHat | rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon-0:2.0.3-5.el7 | * |
| Nodejs | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Nodejs | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Nodejs | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Nodejs | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Nodejs | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Nodejs | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Nodejs | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Nodejs | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
References
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1238162
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00006.html
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/aug-2021-security-releases/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1238162
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00006.html
- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/aug-2021-security-releases/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-02
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210923-0001/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html