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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-22939: Improper Certificate Validation

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-22939: Improper Certificate Validation

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/16/2021
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

If the Node.js https API was used incorrectly and "undefined" was in passed for the "rejectUnauthorized" parameter, no error was returned and connections to servers with an expired certificate would have been accepted.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs-current

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