The Node.js inspector, in 6.x and later is vulnerable to a DNS rebinding attack which could be exploited to perform remote code execution. An attack is possible from malicious websites open in a web browser on the same computer, or another computer with network access to the computer running the Node.js process. A malicious website could use a DNS rebinding attack to trick the web browser to bypass same-origin-policy checks and to allow HTTP connections to localhost or to hosts on the local network. If a Node.js process with the debug port active is running on localhost or on a host on the local network, the malicious website could connect to it as a debugger, and get full code execution access.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2949 advisory.

    Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the     JavaScript programming language.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rh-nodejs8-nodejs (8.11.4).
    (BZ#1621761)

    Security Fix(es):

    * nodejs: Out of bounds (OOB) write via UCS-2 encoding (CVE-2018-12115)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4796-1 advisory.

    Alexander Minozhenko and James Bunton discovered that Node.js did not properly handle wildcards in name     fields of X.509 TLS certificates. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute a machine-in-the-     middle- attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-7099)

    It was discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain NAPTR responses. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause applications using Node.js to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-1000381)

    Nikita Skovoroda discovered that Node.js mishandled certain input, leading to an out of bounds write. An     attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-12115)

    Arkadiy Tetelman discovered that Node.js improperly handled certain malformed HTTP requests. An attacker     could use this vulnerability to inject unexpected HTTP requests. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04     ESM. (CVE-2018-12116)

    Jan Maybach discovered that Node.js did not time out if incomplete HTTP/HTTPS headers were received. An     attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service by keeping HTTP/HTTPS connections alive     for a long period of time. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-12122)

    Martin Bajanik discovered that the url.parse() method would return incorrect results if it received     specially crafted input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to spoof the hostname and bypass     hostname-specific security controls. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-12123)

    It was discovered that Node.js is vulnerable to a DNS rebinding attack which could be exploited to perform     remote code execution. An attack is possible from malicious websites open in a web browser with network     access to the system running the Node.js process. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM.
    (CVE-2018-7160)

    It was discovered that the Buffer.fill() and Buffer.alloc() methods improperly handled certain inputs. An     attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04     ESM. (CVE-2018-7167)

    Marco Pracucci discovered that Node.js mishandled HTTP and HTTPS connections. An attacker could use this     vulnerability to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-5737)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Node.js inspector, in 6.x and later is vulnerable to a DNS rebinding attack which could be exploited to perform remote code execution. An attack is possible from malicious websites open in a web browser on the same computer, or another computer with network access to the computer running the Node.js process. A malicious website could use a DNS rebinding attack to trick the web browser to bypass same-origin-policy checks and to allow HTTP connections to localhost or to hosts on the local network. If a Node.js process with the debug port active is running on localhost or on a host on the local network, the malicious website could connect to it as a debugger, and get full code execution access.(CVE-2018-7160)

Impact

An attacker usinga malicious website may be able to remotely perform arbitrary code execution.

BIG-IP

This vulnerability isexposed when youlicenseand provisioniRulesLX andinvoke Node.jsusing an iRule, or when you install iAppsLXanduse the BIG-IP Configuration utility (GUI).

F5 SSL Orchestrator

This vulnerability is exposed when using the Configuration utility (GUI) for F5 SSL Orchestrator.

This update for nodejs6 fixes the following issues :

  - Fix some node-gyp permissions

  - New upstream LTS release 6.14.1 :

  - Security fixes :

  + CVE-2018-7160: Fix for inspector DNS rebinding     vulnerability (bsc#1087463)

  + CVE-2018-7158: Fix for 'path' module regular expression     denial of service (bsc#1087459)

  + CVE-2018-7159: Reject spaces in HTTP Content-Length     header values (bsc#1087453)

  - New upstream LTS release 6.13.1 :

  - http,tls: better support for IPv6 addresses

  - console: added console.count() and console.clear()

  - crypto :

  + expose ECDH class

  + added cypto.randomFill() and crypto.randomFillSync()

  + warn on invalid authentication tag length

  - deps: upgrade libuv to 1.16.1

  - dgram: added socket.setMulticastInterface()

  - http: add agent.keepSocketAlive and agent.reuseSocket as to allow overridable keep-alive behavior of Agent

  - lib: return this from net.Socket.end()

  - module: add builtinModules api that provides list of all     builtin modules in Node

  - net: return this from getConnections()

  - promises: more robust stringification for unhandled     rejections

  - repl: improve require() autocompletion

  - src :

  + add openssl-system-ca-path configure option

  + add --use-bundled-ca --use-openssl-ca check

  + add process.ppid

  - tls: accept lookup option for tls.connect()

  - tools,build: a new macOS installer!

  - url: WHATWG URL api support

  - util: add %i and %f formatting specifiers

  - remove any old manpage files in %pre from before     update-alternatives were used to manage symlinks to     these manpages.

  - Add Recommends and BuildRequire on python2 for npm.
    node-gyp requires this old version of python for now.
    This is only needed for binary modules.

  - even on recent codestreams there is no binutils gold on     s390 only on s390x

  - New upstream LTS release 6.12.3 :

  - v8: profiler-related fixes

  - mostly documentation and test related changes

  - Enable CI tests in %check target

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of Node.js installed on the remote host is 4.x prior to 4.9.0, 6.x prior to 6.14.0, 8.x prior to 8.11.0 or 9.x prior to 9.10.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for nodejs6 fixes the following issues :

  - Fix some node-gyp permissions

  - New upstream LTS release 6.14.1 :

  - Security fixes :

  + CVE-2018-7160: Fix for inspector DNS rebinding     vulnerability (bsc#1087463)

  + CVE-2018-7158: Fix for 'path' module regular expression     denial of service (bsc#1087459)

  + CVE-2018-7159: Reject spaces in HTTP Content-Length     header values (bsc#1087453)

  - New upstream LTS release 6.13.1 :

  - http,tls: better support for IPv6 addresses

  - console: added console.count() and console.clear()

  - crypto :

  + expose ECDH class

  + added cypto.randomFill() and crypto.randomFillSync()

  + warn on invalid authentication tag length

  - deps: upgrade libuv to 1.16.1

  - dgram: added socket.setMulticastInterface()

  - http: add agent.keepSocketAlive and agent.reuseSocket as to allow overridable keep-alive behavior of Agent

  - lib: return this from net.Socket.end()

  - module: add builtinModules api that provides list of all     builtin modules in Node

  - net: return this from getConnections()

  - promises: more robust stringification for unhandled     rejections

  - repl: improve require() autocompletion

  - src :

  + add openssl-system-ca-path configure option

  + add --use-bundled-ca --use-openssl-ca check

  + add process.ppid

  - tls: accept lookup option for tls.connect()

  - tools,build: a new macOS installer!

  - url: WHATWG URL api support

  - util: add %i and %f formatting specifiers

  - remove any old manpage files in %pre from before     update-alternatives were used to manage symlinks to     these manpages.

  - Add Recommends and BuildRequire on python2 for npm.
    node-gyp requires this old version of python for now.
    This is only needed for binary modules.

  - even on recent codestreams there is no binutils gold on     s390 only on s390x

  - New upstream LTS release 6.12.3 :

  - v8: profiler-related fixes

  - mostly documentation and test related changes

  - Enable CI tests in %check target

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Node.js reports : Node.js Inspector DNS rebinding vulnerability (CVE-2018-7160) Node.js 6.x and later include a debugger protocol (also known as 'inspector') that can be activated by the --inspect and related command line flags. This debugger service was vulnerable to a DNS rebinding attack which could be exploited to perform remote code execution. 'path' module regular expression denial of service (CVE-2018-7158) The 'path' module in the Node.js 4.x release line contains a potential regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vector. The code in question was replaced in Node.js 6.x and later so this vulnerability only impacts all versions of Node.js 4.x. Spaces in HTTP Content-Length header values are ignored (CVE-2018-7159) The HTTP parser in all current versions of Node.js ignores spaces in the Content-Length header, allowing input such as Content-Length: 1 2 to be interpreted as having a value of 12. The HTTP specification does not allow for spaces in the Content-Length value and the Node.js HTTP parser has been brought into line on this particular difference.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
194056	RHEL 7 : rh-nodejs8-nodejs (RHSA-2018:2949)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
183156	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : Node.js vulnerabilities (USN-4796-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
132574	F5 Networks BIG-IP : NodeJS vulnerability (K63025104)	Nessus	F5 Networks Local Security Checks	high
120022	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : nodejs6 (SUSE-SU-2018:1183-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
118933	Node.js multiple vulnerabilities (March 2018 Security Releases).	Nessus	Misc.	high
109717	openSUSE Security Update : nodejs6 (openSUSE-2018-444)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
108738	FreeBSD : node.js -- multiple vulnerabilities (5a9bbb6e-32d3-11e8-a769-6daaba161086)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high

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