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ALSA-2021:3623 Not scored

Important: nodejs:12 security and bug fix update

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language. Security Fix(es): * nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22930) * nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22940) * c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may lead to domain hijacking (CVE-2021-3672) * nodejs: Improper handling of untypical characters in domain names (CVE-2021-22931) * nodejs-tar: Insufficient symlink protection allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-32803) * nodejs-tar: Insufficient absolute path sanitization allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-32804) * nodejs: Incomplete validation of tls rejectUnauthorized parameter (CVE-2021-22939) * nodejs-path-parse: ReDoS via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe and splitPathRe (CVE-2021-23343) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Bug Fix(es): * nodejs:12/nodejs: Make FIPS options always available (BZ#1993927)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published September 21, 2021
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 nodejs
AlmaLinux:8 nodejs-devel
AlmaLinux:8 nodejs-docs
AlmaLinux:8 nodejs-full-i18n
AlmaLinux:8 nodejs-nodemon
AlmaLinux:8 nodejs-packaging
AlmaLinux:8 npm

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ALSA-2021:3623

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language. Security Fix(es): * nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22930) * nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22940) * c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may lead to domain hijacking (CVE-2021-3672) * nodejs: Improper handling of untypical characters in domain names (CVE-2021-22931) * nodejs-tar: Insufficient symlink protection allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-32803) * nodejs-tar: Insufficient absolute path sanitization allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite (CVE-2021-32804) * nodejs: Incomplete validation of tls rejectUnauthorized parameter (CVE-2021-22939) * nodejs-path-parse: ReDoS via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe and splitPathRe (CVE-2021-23343) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Bug Fix(es): * nodejs:12/nodejs: Make FIPS options always available (BZ#1993927)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence