The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6380-1 advisory.

    Rogier Schouten discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated     system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

    (CVE-2019-15604)

    Ethan Rubinson discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated     system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this     issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2019-15605)

    Alyssa Wilk discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system     were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue     to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2019-15606)

    Tobias Niessen discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated     system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2020-8174)

    It was discovered that Node.js incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an automated system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-8265, CVE-2020-8287)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS : Node.js vulnerabilities (USN-6380-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 181613

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Version 1.2 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 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: 202408281943
Version 1.1 Sep 19, 2023, 10:12 PM CEA reference Plugin Feed: 202309192212
Version 1.0 Sep 19, 2023, 5:19 PM New Plugin Feed: 202309191719