Node.js -- August 2021 Security Releases (2)

Node.js reports: npm 6 update - node-tar, arborist, npm cli modules These are vulnerabilities in the node-tar, arborist, and npm cli modules which are related to the initial reports and subsequent remediation of node-tar vulnerabilities CVE-2021-32803 and CVE-2021-32804. Subsequent internal...

CVE-2021-32831

Total.js framework npm package total.js is a framework for Node.js platfrom written in pure JavaScript similar to PHP's Laravel or Python's Django or ASP.NET MVC. In total.js framework before version 3.4.9, calling the utils.set function with user-controlled values leads to code-injection. This c...

Code injection

Total.js framework npm package total.js is a framework for Node.js platfrom written in pure JavaScript similar to PHP's Laravel or Python's Django or ASP.NET MVC. In total.js framework before version 3.4.9, calling the utils.set function with user-controlled values leads to code-injection. This c...

CVE-2021-32831 Code injection in total.js

Total.js framework npm package total.js is a framework for Node.js platfrom written in pure JavaScript similar to PHP's Laravel or Python's Django or ASP.NET MVC. In total.js framework before version 3.4.9, calling the utils.set function with user-controlled values leads to code-injection. This c...

CVE-2021-32831

CVE-2021-32831 affects the Total.js framework (npm package total.js). The vulnerability lies in the utils.set function when receiving user-controlled values, enabling code injection in versions prior to 3.4.9 and potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The issue is fixed in version 3.4.9...

GHSA-H5Q8-5697-9P9H Cross-Site Request Forgery in express-cart

The express-cart package through 1.1.10 for Node.js allows CSRF...

Cross-Site Request Forgery in express-cart

The express-cart package through 1.1.10 for Node.js allows CSRF...

CVE-2021-39171

Passport-SAML is a SAML 2.0 authentication provider for Passport, the Node.js authentication library. Prior to version 3.1.0, a malicious SAML payload can require transforms that consume significant system resources to process, thereby resulting in reduced or denied service. This would be an...

CVE-2021-39171

Passport-SAML is a SAML 2.0 authentication provider for Passport, the Node.js authentication library. Prior to version 3.1.0, a malicious SAML payload can require transforms that consume significant system resources to process, thereby resulting in reduced or denied service. This would be an...

Authentication flaw

Passport-SAML is a SAML 2.0 authentication provider for Passport, the Node.js authentication library. Prior to version 3.1.0, a malicious SAML payload can require transforms that consume significant system resources to process, thereby resulting in reduced or denied service. This would be an...

CVE-2021-39171 Unlimited transforms allowed for signed nodes

Passport-SAML is a SAML 2.0 authentication provider for Passport, the Node.js authentication library. Prior to version 3.1.0, a malicious SAML payload can require transforms that consume significant system resources to process, thereby resulting in reduced or denied service. This would be an...

CVE-2021-39171

Passport-SAML is affected by a resource-exhaustion issue in transforms prior to version 3.1.0, where a malicious SAML payload can cause high CPU/memory usage and deny service. The root cause is unrestricted transforms on signed nodes, which could lead to denial-of-service under crafted loads. The...

nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling

A flaw was found in Node.js, where it is vulnerable to a use-after-free attack. This flaw allows an attacker to exploit the memory corruption, which causes a change in the process behavior. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-nodejs14-nodejs and rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon security update

An update for rh-nodejs14-nodejs and rh-nodejs14-nodejs-nodemon is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: rh-nodejs12-nodejs and rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon security update

An update for rh-nodejs12-nodejs and rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating...

nodejs: Incomplete validation of tls rejectUnauthorized parameter

A flaw was found in Node.js. If the Node.js HTTPS API is used incorrectly and "undefined" is passed for the "rejectUnauthorized" parameter, no error is returned, and the connections to servers with an expired certificate are accepted. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity...

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in detect-character-encoding

Impact In detect-character-encoding v0.6.0 and earlier, data matching no charset causes the Node.js process to crash. Patches The problem has been patched in detect-character-encoding v0.7.0. CVSS score CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/RL:O/RC:C Base Score: 7.5 High Temporal Score: 7....

GHSA-JQFH-8HW5-FQJR Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in detect-character-encoding

Impact In detect-character-encoding v0.6.0 and earlier, data matching no charset causes the Node.js process to crash. Patches The problem has been patched in detect-character-encoding v0.7.0. CVSS score CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/RL:O/RC:C Base Score: 7.5 High Temporal Score: 7....

Node.js before 16.6.0 14.17.4 and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution XSS Application crashes due to missing input validation of host names returned by Domain Name Servers in Node.js dns library which can lead to output of wrong hostnames (leading to Domain Hijacking) and injection vulnerabilities in applications using the library.

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If the Node.js https API was used incorrectly and "undefined" was in passed for the "rejectUnauthorized" parameter no error was returned and connections to servers with an expired certificate would have been accepted.

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