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Debian dla-3128 : node-thenify - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 165605

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3128 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3128-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta October 01, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : node-thenify Version : 3.3.0-1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2020-7677

 thenify is a Promisify a callback-based function using any-promise.
 Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. The name argument provided to the package can be controlled by users without any sanitization, and this is provided to the eval function without any sanitization.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.0-1+deb10u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your node-thenify packages.

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

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the node-thenify packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?728f9798

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-7677

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/node-thenify

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 165605

File Name: debian_DLA-3128.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/30/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7677

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-thenify, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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: 10/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7677