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AlmaLinux 9 : nodejs:20 (ALSA-2024:1688)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 193158
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:1688 advisory.* nodejs: vulnerable to timing variant of the Bleichenbacher attack against PKCS#1 v1.5 padding (Marvin) (CVE-2023-46809)
* nodejs: reading unprocessed HTTP request with unbounded chunk extension allows DoS attacks (CVE-2024-22019)
* nodejs: code injection and privilege escalation through Linux capabilities (CVE-2024-21892)
* nodejs: path traversal by monkey-patching buffer internals (CVE-2024-21896)
* nodejs: multiple permission model bypasses due to improper path traversal sequence sanitization (CVE-2024-21891)
* nodejs: improper handling of wildcards in --allow-fs-read and --allow-fs-write (CVE-2024-21890)
* nodejs: setuid() does not drop all privileges due to io_uring (CVE-2024-22017)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 193158
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-1688.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 4/10/2024
Updated: 4/3/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21896
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-packaging, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-docs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-46809, CVE-2024-21890, CVE-2024-21891, CVE-2024-21892, CVE-2024-21896, CVE-2024-22017, CVE-2024-22019