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RHEL 9 : nodejs (RHSA-2022:6963)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 166207
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for nodejs.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:6963 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 (16.17.1).
Security Fix(es):
* nodejs: weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen (CVE-2022-35255)
* nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling due to incorrect parsing of header fields (CVE-2022-35256)
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 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:6963.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?a7d913bb
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6963
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 166207
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-6963.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/18/2022
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: 6.0
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.4
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-35255
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, 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: 10/18/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-35255, CVE-2022-35256