RHEL 8 : nodejs:14 (RHSA-2023:0050)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 169710

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0050 advisory.

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

- node-fetch: exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor (CVE-2022-0235)

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

- express: qs prototype poisoning causes the hang of the node process (CVE-2022-24999)

- 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 169710

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0050.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/9/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44906, CVE-2022-0235, CVE-2022-24999, CVE-2022-3517, CVE-2022-43548

CWE: 1321, 1333, 350, 601

RHSA: 2023:0050

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