ArchLinux: 202108-2: nodejs-lts-fermium: arbitrary code execution
Summary
Node.js before version 16.6.0, 14.17.4 and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior.
Resolution
Upgrade to 14.17.4-1.
# pacman -Syu "nodejs-lts-fermium>=14.17.4-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 14.17.4.
References
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/july-2021-security-releases-2/#use-after-free-on-close-http2-on-stream-canceling-high-cve-2021-22930 https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/38964 https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39423 https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/9d950a0956bf2c3dd87bacb56807f37e16a91db4 https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d48b91ea2b27828ceea10dab1effa42bc542be03 https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b263f2585ab53f56e0e22b46cf1f8519a8af8a05 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-22930
![Dist Arch](/images/distros/dist-arch.png)
Workaround
None.