Bug 2040846 (CVE-2021-44532) - CVE-2021-44532 nodejs: Certificate Verification Bypass via String Injection
Summary: CVE-2021-44532 nodejs: Certificate Verification Bypass via String Injection
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-44532
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: 2040847 2040848 2040849 2040850 2040851 2042977 2042978 2042979 2042980 2042981 2042983 2046354 2046369 2052252 2086804 2086805 2086806 2086807 2087167 2132707 2132708 2150316 2150317
Blocks: 2040868
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Reported: 2022-01-14 19:34 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2023-06-22 19:51 UTC (History)
24 users (show)

Fixed In Version: node 12.22.9, node 14.18.3, node 16.13.2, node 17.3.1
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It was found that node.js did not safely read the x509 certificate generalName format properly, resulting in data injection. A certificate could use a specially crafted extension in order to be successfully validated, permitting an attacker to impersonate a trusted host.
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Last Closed: 2022-06-06 12:47:54 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:4914 0 None None None 2022-06-06 09:27:13 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7044 0 None None None 2022-10-19 10:09:56 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7830 0 None None None 2022-11-08 11:33:16 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:9073 0 None None None 2022-12-15 16:16:37 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:1742 0 None None None 2023-04-12 14:58:14 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2023:3742 0 None None None 2023-06-22 19:51:38 UTC

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-01-14 19:34:20 UTC 
Node.js converts SANs (Subject Alternative Names) to a string format. It uses this string to check peer certificates against hostnames when validating connections. The string format was subject to an injection vulnerability when name constraints were used within a certificate chain, allowing the bypass of these name constraints.

Versions of Node.js with the fix for this escape SANs containing the problematic characters in order to prevent the injection.

Reference:
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/jan-2022-security-releases/
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-01-14 19:35:09 UTC 
Created nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 2040851]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2040848]


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

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2040847]


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

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2040849]


Created nodejs:16/nodejs tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2040850]
Comment 2 Cedric Buissart 2022-01-20 12:53:47 UTC 
Upstream fix :
https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/466e5415a2b7b3574ab5403acb87e89a94a980d1
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2022-06-06 09:27:10 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2022:4914 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:4914
Comment 8 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-06-06 12:47:51 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-2021-44532
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2022-10-19 10:09:53 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2022:7044 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7044
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-08 11:33:14 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:7830 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7830
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2022-12-15 16:16:34 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:9073 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:9073
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2023-04-12 14:58:12 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2023:1742 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1742
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2023-06-22 19:51:36 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  RHODF-4.13-RHEL-9

Via RHSA-2023:3742 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3742
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