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AlmaLinux 8 : nodejs:16 (ALSA-2022:6964)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 166320

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2022:6964 advisory.

 - Node.js made calls to EntropySource() in SecretKeyGenTraits::DoKeyGen() in src/crypto/crypto_keygen.cc.
 However, it does not check the return value, it assumes EntropySource() always succeeds, but it can (and sometimes will) fail. Thank you, Ben Noordhuis for reporting (and fixing!) this vulnerability. Impacts:
 (CVE-2022-35255)

 - The llhttp parser in the http module in Node.js v18.7.0 does not correctly handle header fields that are not terminated with CLRF. This may result in HTTP Request Smuggling. Thank you, VVX7 for reporting this vulnerability. Impacts: (CVE-2022-35256)

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

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-6964.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 166320

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-6964.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 10/20/2022

Updated: 10/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

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:alma:linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-nodemon, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-35255, CVE-2022-35256

CWE: 330, 444