The verify function in lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js in the Elliptic package before 6.5.6 for Node.js omits "sig.S().gte(sig.eddsa.curve.n) || sig.S().isNeg()" validation.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The verify function in lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js in the Elliptic package before 6.5.6 for Node.js omits     sig.S().gte(sig.eddsa.curve.n) || sig.S().isNeg() validation. (CVE-2024-48949)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The verify function in lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js in the Elliptic package before 6.5.6 for Node.js omits
    "sig.S().gte(sig.eddsa.curve.n) || sig.S().isNeg()" validation. (CVE-2024-48949)

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-362915851c advisory.

    Update bundled ws (CVE-2024-37890)

    ----

    Update bundled elliptic to fix CVE-2024-48949.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3771-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-38355: Fixed socket.io: unhandled 'error' event (bsc#1226967)
    - CVE-2024-38998: Fixed requirejs: prototype pollution via function config (bsc#1227248)
    - CVE-2024-38999: Fixed requirejs: prototype pollution via function s.contexts._.configure (bsc#1227252)
    - CVE-2024-39338: Fixed axios: server-side request forgery due to requests for path relative URLs being     processed as protocol relative URLs in axios (bsc#1229423)
    - CVE-2024-4067: Fixed micromatch: vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)     (bsc#1224366)
    - CVE-2024-4068: Fixed braces: fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to     Memory Exhaustion (bsc#1224295)
    - CVE-2024-43788: Fixed webpack: DOM clobbering gadget in AutoPublicPathRuntimeModule could lead to XSS     (bsc#1229861)
    - CVE-2024-48948: Fixed elliptic: ECDSA signature verification error due to leading zero may reject     legitimate transactions in elliptic (bsc#1231684)
    - CVE-2024-48949: Fixed elliptic: Missing Validation in Elliptic's EDDSA Signature Verification     (bsc#1231564)
    - CVE-2024-9014: Fixed OAuth2 issue that could lead to information leak (bsc#1230928)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:8507 advisory.

    Grafana is an open source, feature rich metrics dashboard and graph editor for Graphite, InfluxDB &     OpenTSDB.

    Security Fix(es):

    * elliptic: Missing Validation in Elliptic's EDDSA Signature Verification (CVE-2024-48949)

    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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-d79685d847 advisory.

    Update bundled ws (CVE-2024-37890)

    ----

    Update bundled dependencies to fix CVE-2024-48949.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-66b0bdad35 advisory.

    Update bundled ws (CVE-2024-37890)

    ----

    Update bundled elliptic to fix CVE-2024-48949.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:8351 advisory.

    Grafana is an open source, feature rich metrics dashboard and graph editor for Graphite, InfluxDB &     OpenTSDB.

    Security Fix(es):

    * elliptic: Missing Validation in Elliptic's EDDSA Signature Verification (CVE-2024-48949)

    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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of reaper installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-48949 advisory.

  - The verify function in lib/elliptic/eddsa/index.js in the Elliptic package before 6.5.6 for Node.js omits     sig.S().gte(sig.eddsa.curve.n) || sig.S().isNeg() validation. (CVE-2024-48949)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
274076	SUSE SLED15: aws-cli / python311-boto3 / python311-botocore / python311-coverage / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:3744-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
231601	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-48949	Nessus	Misc.	critical
409834	SCA: security update for elliptic (GHSA-434g-2637-qmqr)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
409834	SCA: security update for elliptic (GHSA-434g-2637-qmqr)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
211233	Fedora 41 : yarnpkg (2024-362915851c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
209968	SUSE SLED15: pgadmin4 / pgadmin4-cloud / pgadmin4-desktop / pgadmin4-doc / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:3771-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
209886	RHEL 8 : grafana (RHSA-2024:8507)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
209625	Fedora 39 : yarnpkg (2024-d79685d847)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
209618	Fedora 40 : yarnpkg (2024-66b0bdad35)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
209551	RHEL 8 : grafana:7.3.6 (RHSA-2024:8351)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
209171	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: reaper (CVE-2024-48949)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium

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