[RHSA-2022:9073] nodejs:16 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language.

The following packages were updated to later upstream versions: nodejs (16.18.1), nodejs-nodemon (2.0.20).

Security Fix(es):

• nodejs: Improper handling of URI Subject Alternative Names (CVE-2021-44531)

• nodejs: Certificate Verification Bypass via String Injection (CVE-2021-44532)

• nodejs: Incorrect handling of certificate subject and issuer fields (CVE-2021-44533)

• minimist: prototype pollution (CVE-2021-44906)

• nodejs-minimatch: ReDoS via the braceExpand function (CVE-2022-3517)

• nodejs: DNS rebinding in inspect via invalid octal IP address (CVE-2022-43548)

• nodejs: Prototype pollution via console.table properties (CVE-2022-21824)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

• nodejs:16/nodejs: Packaged version of undici does not fit with declared version. rhel-8