The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4034 advisory.

    Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the     JavaScript programming language.

    Security Fix(es):

    * 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)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

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RHEL 8 : nodejs:16 (RHSA-2023:4034)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178235

Version 1.3

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.3 Nov 7, 2024, 8:25 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202411072025
Version 1.2 Apr 28, 2024, 2:25 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202404281425
Version 1.1 Jan 26, 2024, 9:00 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202401262100
Version 1.0 Jul 13, 2023, 4:02 PM New Plugin Feed: 202307131602