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Possible wrong CVE-2021-22930 reference (should be CVE-2021-22940) in tagged v16.6.2 / v14.17.5 releases #40306

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As this is affecting this repository / the tagged releases of this repo i hope this is the correct place to report this problem, if not please let me know where to forward the following below.

On the following tags:

as well as in the related CHANGELOG_v14.md / CHANGELOG_v16.md the following is stated for the mentioned releases:

CVE-2021-22930: Use after free on close http2 on stream canceling (High)

Comparing the releases with the announcement here:

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/aug-2021-security-releases/

this probably should be the following instead:

CVE-2021-22940 Use after free on close http2 on stream canceling (High)

due to:

The issue is a follow on to CVE-2021-22930 as the issue was not completely resolved in the fix for CVE-2021-22930.

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  1. targos commented on Oct 4, 2021

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    @nodejs/security

  2. changed the title [-]Wrong CVE-2021-22930 reference (should be CVE-2021-22940) in tagged v16.6.2 / v14.17.5 releases[/-] [+]Possible wrong CVE-2021-22930 reference (should be CVE-2021-22940) in tagged v16.6.2 / v14.17.5 releases[/+] on Oct 4, 2021
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  4. mcollina commented on Oct 4, 2021

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    The changelog should be updated, @cfi-gb analysis is correct.

    cc @nodejs/releasers

  5. targos commented on Oct 4, 2021

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    on it

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  7. targos commented on Oct 4, 2021

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    @mcollina CVE-2021-22930 seems still private. Is that expected?

  8. mcollina commented on Oct 4, 2021

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    Not really, I just requested pubblication. it'll be out soon.

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  10. targos commented on Oct 4, 2021

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    Changelog fix: #40308
    Blog fix: nodejs/nodejs.org#4143

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  12. cfi-gb commented on Oct 5, 2021

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    Thanks a lot for everyone contributing to this report. 👍

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