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CentOS 8 : nodejs:12 (CESA-2020:0598)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 145796
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:0598 advisory.- nodejs: Remotely trigger an assertion on a TLS server with a malformed certificate string (CVE-2019-15604)
- nodejs: HTTP request smuggling using malformed Transfer-Encoding header (CVE-2019-15605)
- nodejs: HTTP header values do not have trailing optional whitespace trimmed (CVE-2019-15606)
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 affected nodejs-nodemon and / or nodejs-packaging packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 145796
File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-0598.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 2/1/2021
Updated: 1/25/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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-2019-15606
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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-nodemon
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-15604, CVE-2019-15605, CVE-2019-15606
RHSA: 2020:0598