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Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: nodejs / nodejs18 (CVE-2024-28863)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 215354

Synopsis

The remote Azure Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of nodejs / nodejs18 installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-28863 advisory.

 - node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. node-tar prior to version 6.2.1 has no limit on the number of sub-folders created in the folder creation process. An attacker who generates a large number of sub-folders can consume memory on the system running node-tar and even crash the Node.js client within few seconds of running it using a path with too many sub-folders inside. Version 6.2.1 fixes this issue by preventing extraction in excessively deep sub-folders. (CVE-2024-28863)

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 packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28863

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 215354

File Name: azure_linux_CVE-2024-28863.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 2/10/2025

Updated: 2/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28863

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:microsoft:azure_linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:nodejs18-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:nodejs-npm, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:nodejs18, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:nodejs18-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28863