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CentOS 8 : nodejs:16 (CESA-2022:9073)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168832

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2022:9073 advisory.

 - nodejs: Improper handling of URI Subject Alternative Names (CVE-2021-44531)

 - nodejs: Certificate Verification Bypass via String Injection (CVE-2021-44532)

 - nodejs: Incorrect handling of certificate subject and issuer fields (CVE-2021-44533)

 - minimist: prototype pollution (CVE-2021-44906)

 - nodejs: Prototype pollution via console.table properties (CVE-2022-21824)

 - nodejs-minimatch: ReDoS via the braceExpand function (CVE-2022-3517)

 - nodejs: DNS rebinding in inspect via invalid octal IP address (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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:9073

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168832

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2022-9073.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2022

Updated: 9/15/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44906

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:npm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-nodemon

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44531, CVE-2021-44532, CVE-2021-44533, CVE-2021-44906, CVE-2022-21824, CVE-2022-3517, CVE-2022-43548

RHSA: 2022:9073