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Oracle Linux 8 : nodejs:18 (ELSA-2022-7821)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167553

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-7821 advisory.

 nodejs [1:18.8.0-1]
 - Rebase to version 18.8.0
 - Include sources for WASM blobs

 nodejs-packaging [2021.06-4]
 - NPM bundler: also find namespaced bundled dependencies

 [2021.06-3]
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild

 [2021.06-2]
 - Fix hard-coded output directory in the bundler

 [2021.06-1]
 - Update to 2021.06-1
 - bundler: Handle archaic license metadata
 - bundler: Warn about bundled dependencies with no license metadata

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-7821.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167553

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-7821.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/15/2022

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:oracle:linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-nodemon, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:npm

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2022

Reference Information

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