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RHEL 8 : nodejs:12 (RHSA-2020:2852)
high Nessus Plugin ID 138384
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for nodejs:12.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2852 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: nodejs (12.18.2).
Security Fix(es):
* nghttp2: overly large SETTINGS frames can lead to DoS (CVE-2020-11080)
* nodejs-minimist: prototype pollution allows adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype using a constructor or __proto__ payload (CVE-2020-7598)
* nodejs: TLS session reuse can lead to hostname verification bypass (CVE-2020-8172)
* nodejs: memory corruption in napi_get_value_string_* functions (CVE-2020-8174)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, 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.
Solution
Update the RHEL nodejs:12 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:2852.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?385bd14e
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2852
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1813344
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1844929
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 138384
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2852.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/13/2020
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8174
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-11080, CVE-2020-7598, CVE-2020-8172, CVE-2020-8174