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Debian dsa-5790 : node-dompurify - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 208927

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5790 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5790-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff October 13, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : node-dompurify CVE ID : CVE-2024-47875

 It was discovered that DOMPurify, a sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG was susceptible to nesting-based mXSS.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.1+dfsg+~2.4.0-2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your node-dompurify packages.

 For the detailed security status of node-dompurify please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/node-dompurify

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the node-dompurify packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c175c830

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-47875

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/node-dompurify

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 208927

File Name: debian_DSA-5790.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2024

Updated: 10/13/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.7

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47875

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:node-dompurify, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47875