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Debian dla-3561 : node-cookiejar - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 181255

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3561 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3561-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Chris Lamb September 11, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : node-cookiejar Version : 2.0.1-1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2022-25901

 It was discovered that there was a potential Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attack in node-cookiejar, a Node.js library for parsing and manipulating HTTP cookies. An attack was possible via passing a large value to the Cookie.parse function.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.1-1+deb10u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your node-cookiejar packages.

 For the detailed security status of node-cookiejar please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/node-cookiejar

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the node-cookiejar packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fd5a82c8

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-25901

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/node-cookiejar

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181255

File Name: debian_DLA-3561.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/12/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25901

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:node-cookiejar

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-25901