Use After Free Affecting nodejs-devel package, versions <1:12.20.1-1.module+el8.3.0+9643+8c99e187


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.69% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSDEVEL-2579644
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed6 Jan 2021

Introduced: 6 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-8265  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-devel to version 1:12.20.1-1.module+el8.3.0+9643+8c99e187 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-0549.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-devel package and not the nodejs-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Node.js versions before 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1 are vulnerable to a use-after-free bug in its TLS implementation. When writing to a TLS enabled socket, node::StreamBase::Write calls node::TLSWrap::DoWrite with a freshly allocated WriteWrap object as first argument. If the DoWrite method does not return an error, this object is passed back to the caller as part of a StreamWriteResult structure. This may be exploited to corrupt memory leading to a Denial of Service or potentially other exploits.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1