Amazon Linux 2023 : nodejs, nodejs-devel, nodejs-full-i18n (ALAS2023-2023-237)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178606

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-237 advisory.

The use of proto in process.mainModule.proto.require() can bypass the policy mechanism and require modules outside of the policy.json definition.

This vulnerability affects all users using the experimental policy mechanism in all active release lines:
16.x, 18.x and, 20.x.

Please note that at the time this CVE was issued, the policy is an experimental feature of Node.js.
(CVE-2023-30581)

When an invalid public key is used to create an x509 certificate using the crypto.X509Certificate() API a non-expect termination occurs making it susceptible to DoS attacks when the attacker could force interruptions of application processing, as the process terminates when accessing public key info of provided certificates from user code. The current context of the users will be gone, and that will cause a DoS scenario.

This vulnerability affects all active Node.js versions v16, v18, and, v20. (CVE-2023-30588)

The llhttp parser in the http module in Node.js does not strictly use the CRLF sequence to delimit HTTP requests. This can lead to HTTP Request Smuggling (HRS).

The CR character (without LF) is sufficient to delimit HTTP header fields in the llhttp parser. According to RFC7230 section 3, only the CRLF sequence should delimit each header-field.

This vulnerability impacts all Node.js active versions: v16, v18, and, v20. (CVE-2023-30589)

The generateKeys() API function returned from crypto.createDiffieHellman() only generates missing (or outdated) keys, that is, it only generates a private key if none has been set yet.

However, the documentation says this API call: Generates private and public Diffie-Hellman key values.

The documented behavior is different from the actual behavior, and this difference could easily lead to security issues in applications that use these APIs as the DiffieHellman may be used as the basis for application-level security.

Please note that this is a documentation change an the vulnerability has been classified under CWE-1068 - Inconsistency Between Implementation and Documented Design. This change applies to all Node.js active versions: v16, v18, and, v20. (CVE-2023-30590)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'dnf update nodejs --releasever 2023.1.20230719' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178606

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-237.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/20/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-30590

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nodejs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nodejs-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:v8-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nodejs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nodejs-libs, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-30581, CVE-2023-30588, CVE-2023-30589, CVE-2023-30590

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