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RHEL 8 : nodejs:12 (RHSA-2021:3073)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 152443
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3073 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 (12.22.3). (BZ#1978201)
Security Fix(es):
* nodejs-hosted-git-info: Regular Expression denial of service via shortcutMatch in fromUrl() (CVE-2021-23362)
* nodejs-ssri: Regular expression DoS (ReDoS) when parsing malicious SRI in strict mode (CVE-2021-27290)
* libuv: out-of-bounds read in uv__idna_toascii() can lead to information disclosures or crashes (CVE-2021-22918)
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 affected packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?f9ddc7a1
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3073
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1941471
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 152443
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-3073.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/11/2021
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: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22918
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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:8.4, 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: 8/10/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2021