AlmaLinux 8 : nodejs:18 (ALSA-2024:2780)

high Nessus Plugin ID 195204

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-2024:2780 advisory.

* nodejs: CONTINUATION frames DoS (CVE-2024-27983)
* nodejs: using the fetch() function to retrieve content from an untrusted URL leads to denial of service (CVE-2024-22025)
* nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling via Content Length Obfuscation (CVE-2024-27982)
* nghttp2: CONTINUATION frames DoS (CVE-2024-28182)
* c-ares: Out of bounds read in ares__read_line() (CVE-2024-25629)

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-2024-2780.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 195204

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-2780.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 5/9/2024

Updated: 1/13/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27982

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27983

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-nodemon, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:npm, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-full-i18n, 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, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nodejs-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-22025, CVE-2024-25629, CVE-2024-27982, CVE-2024-27983, CVE-2024-28182

CWE: 127, 390, 400, 444