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Rocky Linux 9 : nodejs (RLSA-2024:1438)

high Nessus Plugin ID 196976

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:1438 advisory.

 - A vulnerability in Node.js HTTP servers allows an attacker to send a specially crafted HTTP request with chunked encoding, leading to resource exhaustion and denial of service (DoS). The server reads an unbounded number of bytes from a single connection, exploiting the lack of limitations on chunk extension bytes. The issue can cause CPU and network bandwidth exhaustion, bypassing standard safeguards like timeouts and body size limits. (CVE-2024-22019)

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

Solution

Update the affected nodejs-docs package.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:1438

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264574

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 196976

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-1438.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 5/14/2024

Updated: 5/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-22019

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nodejs-docs, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-22019