FreeBSD : NPM -- Multiple vulnerabilities (2a3588b4-ab12-11ea-a051-001b217b3468)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137343

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

NPM reports :

Global node_modules Binary Overwrite

Symlink reference outside of node_modules

Arbitrary File Write

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?53038277

http://www.nessus.org/u?0ac0f210

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137343

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2a3588b4ab1211eaa051001b217b3468.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 6/11/2020

Updated: 5/13/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16777

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16776

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:npm, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16775, CVE-2019-16776, CVE-2019-16777