Bug 1879311 (CVE-2020-8201) - CVE-2020-8201 nodejs: HTTP request smuggling due to CR-to-Hyphen conversion
Summary: CVE-2020-8201 nodejs: HTTP request smuggling due to CR-to-Hyphen conversion
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2020-8201
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1879340 1878546 1878547 1878548 1878549 1878550 1878551 1879341 1879343 1879344 1879345 1879346
Blocks: 1878541
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-09-16 01:03 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2021-06-07 16:37 UTC (History)
14 users (show)

Fixed In Version: nodejs 14.11.0, nodejs 12.18.4, llhttp 2.1.2
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A flaw was found in Node.js, where affected Node.js versions converted carriage returns in HTTP request headers to a hyphen before parsing. This flaw leads to HTTP Request Smuggling as it is a non-standard interpretation of the header. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity.
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Last Closed: 2020-10-19 20:21:47 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4272 0 None None None 2020-10-19 07:47:50 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:4903 0 None None None 2020-11-04 12:32:22 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:5086 0 None None None 2020-11-11 13:35:22 UTC

Description Doran Moppert 2020-09-16 01:03:47 UTC 
Affected Node.js versions converted carriage returns in HTTP request headers to a hyphen before parsing. This can lead to HTTP Request Smuggling as it is a non-standard interpretation of the header.

Upstream advisory:

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2020-security-releases/
Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2020-09-16 03:00:25 UTC 
Created nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1879340]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1879341]


Created nodejs:11/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1879343]


Created nodejs:12/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1879344]


Created nodejs:13/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1879345]


Created nodejs:14/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1879346]
Comment 3 Jason Shepherd 2020-09-17 22:15:46 UTC 
Statement:

NodeJS is included in Red Hat Quay as a dependency of Yarn which is only used while building Red Hat Quay, and not during runtime.
Comment 5 Cedric Buissart 2020-09-21 13:12:34 UTC 
Upstream fix :
https://github.com/nodejs/llhttp/commit/9d9da1d0f18599ceddd8f484df5a5ad694d23361
Comment 24 errata-xmlrpc 2020-10-19 07:47:49 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:4272 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4272
Comment 25 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-10-19 20:21:47 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-2020-8201
Comment 27 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-04 12:32:17 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:4903 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4903
Comment 30 errata-xmlrpc 2020-11-11 13:35:20 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUS

Via RHSA-2020:5086 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5086
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