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AlmaLinux 8 : nodejs:16 (ALSA-2023:4034)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178214

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-2023:4034 advisory.

 * c-ares: 0-byte UDP payload Denial of Service (CVE-2023-32067)
 * c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() (CVE-2023-31130)
 * c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (CVE-2023-31147)
 * c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation (CVE-2023-31124)

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-2023-4034.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178214

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-4034.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/12/2023

Updated: 1/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31147

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-nodemon, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-full-i18n

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31124, CVE-2023-31130, CVE-2023-31147, CVE-2023-32067

CWE: 330, 400