The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2690-1 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS     (Domain Name Servers) can lead to output of wrong hostnames which might potentially lead to Domain     Hijacking. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity as well as     system availability. (CVE-2021-3672)

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

The version of c-ares installed on the remote host is prior to 1.17.2-1.8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2021-1545 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS     (Domain Name Servers) can lead to output of wrong hostnames which might potentially lead to Domain     Hijacking. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity as well as     system availability. (CVE-2021-3672)

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

According to the versions of the c-ares package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS     (Domain Name Servers) can lead to output of wrong hostnames which might potentially lead to Domain     Hijacking. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity as well as     system availability. (CVE-2021-3672)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2022-2043 advisory.

    [1.13.0-6]
    - Resolves: rhbz#1989425 - CVE-2021-3672 c-ares: missing input validation of host names may lead to Domain     Hijacking [rhel-8]

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

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

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:2043 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS     (Domain Name Servers) can lead to output of wrong hostnames which might potentially lead to Domain     Hijacking. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity as well as     system availability. (CVE-2021-3672)

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

According to the versions of the c-ares packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS     (Domain Name Servers) can lead to output of wrong hostnames which might potentially lead to Domain     Hijacking. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity as well as     system availability. (CVE-2021-3672)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2021:3666 advisory.

  - Node.js before 16.6.0, 14.17.4, and 12.22.4 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution, XSS, Application     crashes due to missing input validation of host names returned by Domain Name Servers in Node.js dns     library which can lead to output of wrong hostnames (leading to Domain Hijacking) and injection     vulnerabilities in applications using the library. (CVE-2021-22931)

  - All versions of package path-parse are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via     splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe, and splitPathRe regular expressions. ReDoS exhibits polynomial worst-case time     complexity. (CVE-2021-23343)

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

According to its self-reported version, the Nessus Network Monitor running on the remote host is prior to 6.2.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TNS-2023-23 advisory. Several of the third-party components were found to contain vulnerabilities, and updated versions have been made available by the providers. Out of caution and in line with best practice, Tenable has opted to upgrade these components to address the potential impact of the issues. Nessus Network Monitor 6.2.2 updates the following components:

  - c-ares from version 1.10.0 to version 1.19.1.
  - curl from version 7.79.1 to version 8.1.2.
  - libbzip2 from version 1.0.6 to version 1.0.8.
  - libpcre from version 8.42 to version 8.44.
  - libxml2 from version 2.7.7 to version 2.11.1.
  - libxslt from version 1.1.26 to version 1.1.37.
  - libxmlsec from version 1.2.18 to version 1.2.37.
  - sqlite from version 3.27.2 to version 3.40.1.
  - jQuery Cookie from version 1.3.1 to version 1.4.1.
  - jQuery UI from version 1.13.0 to version 1.13.2.
  - OpenSSL from version 3.0.8 to version 3.0.9.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5034-2 advisory.

    USN-5034-1 fixed a vulnerability in c-ares. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04     ESM.



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

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

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has c-ares packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A flaw was found in c-ares library, where a missing input validation check of host names returned by DNS     (Domain Name Servers) can lead to output of wrong hostnames which might potentially lead to Domain     Hijacking. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity as well as     system availability. (CVE-2021-3672)

  - A vulnerability was found in c-ares. This issue occurs due to a 0-byte UDP payload that can cause a Denial     of Service. (CVE-2023-32067)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3623 advisory.

    Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the     JavaScript programming language.

    Security Fix(es):

    * nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22930)

    * nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22940)

    * c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may lead to domain hijacking (CVE-2021-3672)

    * nodejs: Improper handling of untypical characters in domain names (CVE-2021-22931)

    * nodejs-tar: Insufficient symlink protection allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite     (CVE-2021-32803)

    * nodejs-tar: Insufficient absolute path sanitization allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite     (CVE-2021-32804)

    * nodejs: Incomplete validation of tls rejectUnauthorized parameter (CVE-2021-22939)

    * nodejs-path-parse: ReDoS via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe and splitPathRe (CVE-2021-23343)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * nodejs:12/nodejs: Make FIPS options always available (BZ#1993927)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3281 advisory.

    Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the     JavaScript programming language.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rh-nodejs12-nodejs (12.22.5).

    Security Fix(es):

    * nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22930)

    * nodejs: Use-after-free on close http2 on stream canceling (CVE-2021-22940)

    * nodejs-ini: Prototype pollution via malicious INI file (CVE-2020-7788)

    * nodejs-glob-parent: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2020-28469)

    * c-ares: Missing input validation of host names may lead to domain hijacking (CVE-2021-3672)

    * nodejs: Improper handling of untypical characters in domain names (CVE-2021-22931)

    * nodejs-tar: Insufficient symlink protection allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite     (CVE-2021-32803)

    * nodejs-tar: Insufficient absolute path sanitization allowing arbitrary file creation and overwrite     (CVE-2021-32804)

    * nodejs: Incomplete validation of tls rejectUnauthorized parameter (CVE-2021-22939)

    * nodejs-path-parse: ReDoS via splitDeviceRe, splitTailRe and splitPathRe (CVE-2021-23343)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
152611	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libcares2 (SUSE-SU-2021:2690-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/17/2021	7/13/2023	medium
154901	Amazon Linux AMI : c-ares (ALAS-2021-1545)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	11/5/2021	11/27/2023	medium
156540	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.6 : c-ares (EulerOS-SA-2021-2882)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	1/6/2022	11/21/2023	medium
161288	Oracle Linux 8 : c-ares (ELSA-2022-2043)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	5/18/2022	10/22/2024	medium
161116	AlmaLinux 8 : c-ares (ALSA-2022:2043)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	5/12/2022	10/27/2023	medium
155490	EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.1 : c-ares (EulerOS-SA-2021-2737)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	11/17/2021	11/23/2023	medium
155267	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : c-ares (EulerOS-SA-2021-2652)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	11/11/2021	11/24/2023	medium
157829	Rocky Linux 8 : nodejs:14 (RLSA-2021:3666)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	2/9/2022	11/6/2023	critical
177842	Nessus Network Monitor < 6.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (TNS-2023-23)	Nessus	Misc.	6/30/2023	7/6/2023	critical
152420	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : c-ares vulnerability (USN-5034-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	8/10/2021	10/29/2024	medium
206843	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : c-ares Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2024-0066)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	9/10/2024	9/10/2024	medium
153524	RHEL 8 : nodejs:12 (RHSA-2021:3623)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	9/21/2021	11/7/2024	critical
152862	RHEL 7 : rh-nodejs12-nodejs and rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon (RHSA-2021:3281)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	8/26/2021	11/8/2024	critical

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