AlmaLinux 8 : nodejs:18 (ALSA-2022:8833)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168475

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-2022:8833 advisory.

- A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package. This flaw allows a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when calling the braceExpand function with specific arguments, resulting in a Denial of Service. (CVE-2022-3517)

- A OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in Node.js versions <14.21.1, <16.18.1, <18.12.1, <19.0.1 due to an insufficient IsAllowedHost check that can easily be bypassed because IsIPAddress does not properly check if an IP address is invalid before making DBS requests allowing rebinding attacks.The fix for this issue in https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-32212 was incomplete and this new CVE is to complete the fix. (CVE-2022-43548)

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-2022-8833.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168475

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-8833.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 12/7/2022

Updated: 3/22/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-43548

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3517, CVE-2022-43548

CWE: 350, 400