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RHEL 8 : nodejs:12 (RHSA-2021:0740)
high Nessus Plugin ID 147200
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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-2021:0740 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 (12.21.0).
Security Fix(es):
* nodejs: HTTP2 'unknownProtocol' cause DoS by resource exhaustion (CVE-2021-22883)
* nodejs: DNS rebinding in --inspect (CVE-2021-22884)
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-2021:0740.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?6958967e
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0740
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 147200
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0740.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/8/2021
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.1
Temporal Score: 4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22884
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/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, 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: 3/8/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-22883, CVE-2021-22884