Debian DSA-5395-1 : nodejs - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 175047

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5395 advisory.

An untrusted search path vulnerability was discovered in Node.js, which could result in unexpected searching or loading ICU data when running with elevated privileges. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4. We recommend that you upgrade your nodejs packages. For the detailed security status of nodejs please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/nodejs

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 nodejs packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 175047

File Name: debian_DSA-5395.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/3/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23920

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnode72, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nodejs-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnode-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nodejs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-23920

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