Bug 1881028 (CVE-2020-8237)

Summary:	CVE-2020-8237 nodejs-json-bigint: Prototype pollution via `__proto__` assignment could result in DoS
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Michael Kaplan <mkaplan>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	hvyas
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	nodejs-json-bigint 1.0.0	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in nodejs-json-bigint. A Prototype pollution in json-bigint npm may lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2020-12-18 07:31:06 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1881975, 1882727
Bug Blocks:	1881029

Description Michael Kaplan 2020-09-21 11:53:49 UTC

Prototype pollution in json-bigint npm package < 1.0.0 may lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) attack.
It allows to cause denial of service using very limited input (~70 bytes).

References:

https://hackerone.com/reports/916430

Comment 1 Hardik Vyas 2020-09-23 14:07:02 UTC

Statement:

In Red Hat Openshift Container Storage 4 the noobaa-core container includes the affected version of json-bigint as a dependency of googleapis, however the json-bigint library is not being used and hence this issue has been rated as having a security impact of Low.

Comment 2 Hardik Vyas 2020-09-23 14:07:57 UTC

External References:

https://hackerone.com/reports/916430

Comment 4 Hardik Vyas 2020-09-24 08:49:00 UTC

Upstream fix: https://github.com/sidorares/json-bigint/commit/c85a4300aa0159ce1859c1b1adfdac9e515e5396

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-17 06:22:24 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.6.0 on RHEL-8

Via RHSA-2020:5605 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5605

Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-12-18 07:31:06 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-8237