RHSA-2024:1444HighCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: nodejs:16 security update

Published
March 20, 2024
Last Modified
September 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2023-44487 →CVE-2024-22019 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-44487 — HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) CVE-2024-22019 — nodejs: reading unprocessed HTTP request with unbounded chunk extension allows DoS attacks

🎯 Affected products31

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.aarch64 (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.ppc64le (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.s390x (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.src (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.x86_64 (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debuginfo-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.aarch64 (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debuginfo-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.ppc64le (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debuginfo-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.s390x (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debuginfo-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.x86_64 (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debugsource-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.aarch64 (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debugsource-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.ppc64le (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debugsource-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.s390x (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-debugsource-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.x86_64 (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-devel-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.aarch64 (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-devel-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.ppc64le (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-devel-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.s390x (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-devel-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.x86_64 (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-docs-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.noarch (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.aarch64 (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.ppc64le (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.s390x (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.20.2-4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.x86_64 (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-nodemon-0:3.0.1-1.module+el8.9.0+19741+03a9aaff.noarch (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-nodemon-0:3.0.1-1.module+el8.9.0+19741+03a9aaff.src (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-packaging-0:26-1.module+el8.9.0+19858+c237a2cf.noarch (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • nodejs-packaging-0:26-1.module+el8.9.0+19858+c237a2cf.src (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • npm-1:8.19.4-1.16.20.2.4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.aarch64 (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • npm-1:8.19.4-1.16.20.2.4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.ppc64le (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • npm-1:8.19.4-1.16.20.2.4.module+el8.9.0+21536+8fdee1fb.s390x (nodejs:16) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Users are strongly urged to update their software as soon as fixes are available. There are several mitigation approaches for this flaw. 1. If circumstances permit, users may disable http2 endpoints to circumvent the flaw altogether until a fix is available. 2. IP-based blocking or flood protection and rate control tools may be used at network endpoints to filter incoming traffic. 3. Several package specific mitigations are also available. a. nginx: https://www.nginx.com/blog/http-2-rapid-reset-attack-impacting-f5-nginx-products/ b. netty: https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-xpw8-rcwv-8f8p c. haproxy: https://www.haproxy.com/blog/haproxy-is-not-affected-by-the-http-2-rapid-reset-attack-cve-2023-44487 d. nghttp2: https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/security/advisories/GHSA-vx74-f528-fxqg e. golang: The default stream concurrency limit in golang is 250 streams (requests) per HTTP/2 connection. This value may be adjusted in the golang.org/x/net/http2 package using the Server.MaxConcurrentStreams setting and the ConfigureServer function which are available in golang.org/x/net/http2. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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