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AlmaLinux 8 : nodejs:16 (ALSA-2022:9073)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168871

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-2022:9073 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-minimatch: ReDoS via the braceExpand function (CVE-2022-3517)
 * nodejs: DNS rebinding in inspect via invalid octal IP address (CVE-2022-43548)
 * nodejs: Prototype pollution via console.table properties (CVE-2022-21824)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-9073.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168871

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-9073.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 12/16/2022

Updated: 1/13/2025

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs, 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: 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

CWE: 1321, 295, 350, 400, 915