Debian dla-3246 : node-hawk - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 169284

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3246 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3246-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Chris Lamb December 23, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : node-hawk Version : 6.0.1+dfsg-1+deb10u1 CVE IDs : CVE-2022-29167

It was discovered that there was an issue in Hawk, an HTTP authentication scheme. Hawk used a regular expression to parse `Host` HTTP headers which was subject to regular expression DoS attack. Each added character in the attacker's input increased the computation time exponentially.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 6.0.1+dfsg-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your node-hawk packages.

For the detailed security status of node-hawk please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/node-hawk

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the node-hawk packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169284

File Name: debian_DLA-3246.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/23/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:node-hawk

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29167

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