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Fedora 38 : nodejs16 (2023-608a1417d3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178702

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-608a1417d3 advisory.

 ## 2023-06-20, Version 16.20.1 'Gallium' (LTS), @RafaelGSS

 This is a security release.

 ### Notable Changes

 The following CVEs are fixed in this release:

 * [CVE-2023-30581](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-30581): `mainModule.__proto__` Bypass Experimental Policy Mechanism (High)
 * [CVE-2023-30585](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-30585): Privilege escalation via Malicious Registry Key manipulation during Node.js installer repair process (Medium)
 * [CVE-2023-30588](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-30588): Process interuption due to invalid Public Key information in x509 certificates (Medium)
 * [CVE-2023-30589](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-30589): HTTP Request Smuggling via Empty headers separated by CR (Medium)
 * [CVE-2023-30590](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-30590): DiffieHellman does not generate keys after setting a private key (Medium)
 * OpenSSL Security Releases
 * [OpenSSL security advisory 28th March](https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230328.txt).
 * [OpenSSL security advisory 20th April](https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230420.txt).
 * [OpenSSL security advisory 30th May](https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20230530.txt)
 * c-ares vulnerabilities:
 * [GHSA-9g78-jv2r-p7vc](https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/security/advisories/GHSA-9g78-jv2r-p7vc)
 * [GHSA-8r8p-23f3-64c2](https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/security/advisories/GHSA-8r8p-23f3-64c2)
 * [GHSA-54xr-f67r-4pc4](https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/security/advisories/GHSA-54xr-f67r-4pc4)
 * [GHSA-x6mf-cxr9-8q6v](https://github.com/c-ares/c-ares/security/advisories/GHSA-x6mf-cxr9-8q6v)

 More detailed information on each of the vulnerabilities can be found in [June 2023 Security Releases](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2023-security-releases/) blog post.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 1:nodejs16 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-608a1417d3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178702

File Name: fedora_2023-608a1417d3.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:fedoraproject:fedora:nodejs16, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-30581, CVE-2023-30585, CVE-2023-30588, CVE-2023-30589, CVE-2023-30590