Debian DLA-3247-1 : node-trim-newlines - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 169286

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-3247 advisory.

- The trim-newlines package before 3.0.1 and 4.x before 4.0.1 for Node.js has an issue related to regular expression denial-of-service (ReDoS) for the .end() method. (CVE-2021-33623)

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-trim-newlines packages.

For Debian 10 Buster, these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.0-1+deb10u1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3247

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-33623

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/node-trim-newlines

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169286

File Name: debian_DLA-3247.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/23/2022

Updated: 12/23/2022

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-2021-33623

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:node-trim-newlines, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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: 5/28/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33623