SB2018061526 - Fedora 28 update for nodejs

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7167)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can supply Calling Buffer.fill() or Buffer.alloc() with some parameters and cause the server to hang.

2) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7161)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a cleanup bug where objects are used in native code after they are no longer available when the affected software interacts with an HTTP/2 server. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request that submits malicious input to the targeted node server that provides an HTTP/2 server and cause the node server to crash.

3) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7162)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when TLS implementation. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request that submits malicious input to the targeted node server and cause it to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2018-f59d961d7b