Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202110-4

Severity: Medium
Date : 2021-10-21
CVE-ID : CVE-2021-22959 CVE-2021-22960
Package : nodejs
Type : url request injection
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-2460

Summary

The package nodejs before version 16.11.1-1 is vulnerable to url
request injection.

Resolution

Upgrade to 16.11.1-1.

pacman -Syu “nodejs>=16.11.1-1”

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 16.11.1.

Workaround

None.

Description

• CVE-2021-22959 (url request injection)

A security issue has been found in Node.js before versions 16.11.1,
14.18.1 and 12.22.7. The http parser accepts requests with a space (SP)
right after the header name before the colon. This can lead to HTTP
Request Smuggling (HRS).

• CVE-2021-22960 (url request injection)

A security issue has been found in Node.js before versions 16.11.1,
14.18.1 and 12.22.7. The parser ignores chunk extensions when parsing
the body of chunked requests. This leads to HTTP Request Smuggling
(HRS) under certain conditions.

Impact

A remote attacker could inject HTTP requests through crafted queries.

References

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2021-security-releases/#http-request-smuggling-due-to-spaced-in-headers-medium-cve-2021-22959
https://hackerone.com/reports/1238099
https://hackerone.com/reports/1238709
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/af488f8dc82d69847992ea1cd2f53dc8082b3b91
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8c254ca7e4693fb778d808fa835b095de6c9fdd4
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/21a2e554e3eaa325abbdb28f366928d0ccc0a0f0
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/oct-2021-security-releases/#http-request-smuggling-when-parsing-the-body-medium-cve-2021-22960
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-22959
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-22960