CVE-2021-22940

Upstream information

CVE-2021-22940 at MITRE

Description

Node.js before 16.6.1, 14.17.5, and 12.22.5 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Running

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v3 Scores

	SUSE
Base Score	9.8
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1189368 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SU-2021:2824-1, published Tue Aug 24 16:18:24 UTC 2021
• SUSE-SU-2021:2875-1, published Mon Aug 30 19:22:05 UTC 2021
• SUSE-SU-2021:3184-1, published Wed Sep 22 16:21:24 UTC 2021
• SUSE-SU-2021:3211-1, published Thu Sep 23 19:16:58 UTC 2021
• openSUSE-SU-2021:1214-1, published Tue Aug 31 12:40:51 2021
• openSUSE-SU-2021:1313-1, published Tue Sep 28 12:40:53 2021
• openSUSE-SU-2021:2875-1, published Tue Aug 31 00:41:21 2021
• openSUSE-SU-2021:3211-1, published Thu Sep 23 21:42:13 2021

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 12	nodejs12 >= 12.22.5-1.35.1 nodejs12-devel >= 12.22.5-1.35.1 nodejs12-docs >= 12.22.5-1.35.1 nodejs14 >= 14.17.5-6.15.3 nodejs14-devel >= 14.17.5-6.15.3 nodejs14-docs >= 14.17.5-6.15.3 npm12 >= 12.22.5-1.35.1 npm14 >= 14.17.5-6.15.3	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-12-2021-2824 SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-12-2021-3184
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 15 SP2	nodejs12 >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 nodejs12-devel >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 nodejs12-docs >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 nodejs14 >= 14.17.5-5.15.5 nodejs14-devel >= 14.17.5-5.15.5 nodejs14-docs >= 14.17.5-5.15.5 npm12 >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 npm14 >= 14.17.5-5.15.5	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP2-2021-2875 SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP2-2021-3211
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 15 SP3	nodejs12 >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 nodejs12-devel >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 nodejs12-docs >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 nodejs14 >= 14.17.5-5.15.5 nodejs14-devel >= 14.17.5-5.15.5 nodejs14-docs >= 14.17.5-5.15.5 npm12 >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 npm14 >= 14.17.5-5.15.5	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP3-2021-2875 SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP3-2021-3211
openSUSE Leap 15.2	nodejs12 >= 12.22.5-lp152.3.18.1 nodejs12-devel >= 12.22.5-lp152.3.18.1 nodejs12-docs >= 12.22.5-lp152.3.18.1 nodejs14 >= 14.17.5-lp152.14.1 nodejs14-devel >= 14.17.5-lp152.14.1 nodejs14-docs >= 14.17.5-lp152.14.1 npm12 >= 12.22.5-lp152.3.18.1 npm14 >= 14.17.5-lp152.14.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2021-1214 openSUSE-2021-1313
openSUSE Leap 15.3	nodejs12 >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 nodejs12-devel >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 nodejs12-docs >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 nodejs14 >= 14.17.5-5.15.5 nodejs14-devel >= 14.17.5-5.15.5 nodejs14-docs >= 14.17.5-5.15.5 npm12 >= 12.22.5-4.19.1 npm14 >= 14.17.5-5.15.5	Patchnames: openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-2875 openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-3211
openSUSE Tumbleweed	nodejs14 >= 14.17.5-1.2 nodejs14-devel >= 14.17.5-1.2 nodejs14-docs >= 14.17.5-1.2 nodejs16 >= 16.6.2-2.2 nodejs16-devel >= 16.6.2-2.2 nodejs16-docs >= 16.6.2-2.2 npm14 >= 14.17.5-1.2 npm16 >= 16.6.2-2.2	Patchnames: openSUSE Tumbleweed GA nodejs14-14.17.5-1.2 openSUSE Tumbleweed GA nodejs16-16.6.2-2.2

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 LTSS	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12	nodejs10	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12	nodejs12	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12	nodejs14	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12	nodejs4	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12	nodejs6	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP2	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP2	nodejs12	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP2	nodejs14	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP2	nodejs8	In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP3	nodejs12	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 15 SP3	nodejs14	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 ESPOS	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 ESPOS	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 LTSS	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Business Critical Linux 15 SP1	nodejs8	Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1	nodejs10	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0	nodejs10	Unsupported
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0	nodejs10	Unsupported
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0	nodejs10	Unsupported
SUSE Manager Server 4.0	nodejs8	Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7	nodejs6	In progress
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8	nodejs6	In progress
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9	nodejs6	In progress