RHEL 8 : nodejs:18 (RHSA-2023:4536)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179457

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:4536 advisory.

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

The package has been upgraded to a later upstream version: nodejs (18.16.1). (BZ#2223630, BZ#2223631, BZ#2223632, BZ#2223633, BZ#2223635, BZ#2223642)

Security Fix(es):

* nodejs: mainModule.proto bypass experimental policy mechanism (CVE-2023-30581)

* nodejs: process interuption due to invalid Public Key information in x509 certificates (CVE-2023-30588)

* nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling via Empty headers separated by CR (CVE-2023-30589)

* nodejs: DiffieHellman do not generate keys after setting a private key (CVE-2023-30590)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

* nodejs:18/nodejs: Don't assume FIPS is disabled by default [rhel-8] (BZ#2223639)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179457

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-4536.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/8/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2023

Reference Information

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

RHSA: 2023:4536

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