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Rocky Linux: CVE-2024-36137: nodejs-20 (Multiple Advisories)

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Rocky Linux: CVE-2024-36137: nodejs-20 (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/07/2024
Created
09/18/2024
Added
09/17/2024
Modified
09/17/2024

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Node.js, affecting users of the experimental permission model when the --allow-fs-write flag is used. Node.js Permission Model do not operate on file descriptors, however, operations such as fs.fchown or fs.fchmod can use a "read-only" file descriptor to change the owner and permissions of a file.

Solution(s)

  • rocky-upgrade-nodejs
  • rocky-upgrade-nodejs-debuginfo
  • rocky-upgrade-nodejs-debugsource
  • rocky-upgrade-nodejs-devel
  • rocky-upgrade-nodejs-full-i18n
  • rocky-upgrade-npm

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