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AlmaLinux 8 : nodejs:18 (ALSA-2022:7821)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167449

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-2022:7821 advisory.

 - nodejs: weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen (CVE-2022-35255)

 - nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling due to incorrect parsing of header fields (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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-7821.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167449

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-7821.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 11/14/2022

Updated: 10/4/2023

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, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-nodemon, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-full-i18n

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: 11/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2022

Reference Information

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

CWE: 330, 444