AlmaLinux 8 : nodejs:18 (ALSA-2023:5362)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 181897

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:5362 advisory.

* nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via Module._load (CVE-2023-32002)
* nodejs-semver: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2022-25883)
* nodejs: Permissions policies can impersonate other modules in using module.constructor.createRequire() (CVE-2023-32006)
* nodejs: Permissions policies can be bypassed via process.binding (CVE-2023-32559)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-5362.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 181897

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-5362.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 9/26/2023

Updated: 1/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32002

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-nodemon, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-packaging, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-docs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-25883, CVE-2023-32002, CVE-2023-32006, CVE-2023-32559

CWE: 1268, 1333, 213, 94