Debian DLA-2503-1 : node-ini security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 144541

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was an issue in node-ini, a .ini format parser and serializer for Node.js, where an application could be exploited by a malicious input file.

For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your node-ini packages.

For the detailed security status of node-ini please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/node-ini

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected node-ini package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00032.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/node-ini

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/node-ini

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 144541

File Name: debian_DLA-2503.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/22/2020

Updated: 1/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7788

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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:debian:debian_linux:node-ini, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7788