Improper Certificate Validation Affecting nodejs:12/npm package, versions <1:6.14.16-1.12.22.12.1.module+el8.6.0+15324+1f2c5d8d


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.4% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NODEJS-3419163
  • published15 Jan 2022
  • disclosed10 Jan 2022

Introduced: 10 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-44533  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 nodejs:12/npm to version 1:6.14.16-1.12.22.12.1.module+el8.6.0+15324+1f2c5d8d or higher.
This issue was patched in RHEA-2022:5139.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs:12/npm package and not the nodejs:12/npm package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Node.js < 12.22.9, < 14.18.3, < 16.13.2, and < 17.3.1 did not handle multi-value Relative Distinguished Names correctly. Attackers could craft certificate subjects containing a single-value Relative Distinguished Name that would be interpreted as a multi-value Relative Distinguished Name, for example, in order to inject a Common Name that would allow bypassing the certificate subject verification.Affected versions of Node.js that do not accept multi-value Relative Distinguished Names and are thus not vulnerable to such attacks themselves. However, third-party code that uses node's ambiguous presentation of certificate subjects may be vulnerable.

CVSS Scores

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