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FreeBSD : Node.js -- November 2020 Security Releases (ad792169-2aa4-11eb-ab71-0022489ad614)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143175

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Node.js reports :

Updates are now available for v12.x, v14.x and v15.x Node.js release lines for the following issues. Denial of Service through DNS request (CVE-2020-8277) A Node.js application that allows an attacker to trigger a DNS request for a host of their choice could trigger a Denial of service by getting the application to resolve a DNS record with a larger number of responses.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8ddc68d8

http://www.nessus.org/u?d3f000b4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143175

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ad7921692aa411ebab710022489ad614.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 11/23/2020

Updated: 12/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8277

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:node, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:node12, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:node14, 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: 11/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8277

IAVB: 2020-B-0070-S