Use After Free Affecting nodejs:12/npm package, versions <1:6.14.10-1.12.20.1.1.module+el8.3.0+9503+19cb079c


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.64% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-NODEJS-3969241
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Jan 2021

Introduced: 4 Jan 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 nodejs:12/npm to version 1:6.14.10-1.12.20.1.1.module+el8.3.0+9503+19cb079c or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0549.

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 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 Scores

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