Certain build processes for libuv and Node.js for 32-bit systems, such as for the nodejs binary package through nodejs_20.19.0+dfsg-2_i386.deb for Debian GNU/Linux, have an inconsistent off_t size (e.g., building on i386 Debian always uses _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 for the libuv dynamic library, but uses the _FILE_OFFSET_BITS global system default of 32 for nodejs), leading to out-of-bounds access. NOTE: this is not a problem in the Node.js software itself. In particular, the Node.js website's download page does not offer prebuilt Node.js for Linux on i386.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5991 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5991-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     August 29, 2025                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package        : nodejs     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-46809 CVE-2024-21892 CVE-2024-22019                      CVE-2024-22020 CVE-2024-22025 CVE-2024-27982                      CVE-2024-27983 CVE-2025-47153

    Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Node.js, which could result     in denial of service, HTTP request smuggling, privilege escalation, a     side channel attack against PKCS#1 1.5 or a bypass of network import     restrictions.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed     in version 18.20.4+dfsg-1~deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your nodejs packages.

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

    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: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Certain build processes for libuv and Node.js for 32-bit systems, such as for the nodejs binary package     through nodejs_20.19.0+dfsg-2_i386.deb for Debian GNU/Linux, have an inconsistent off_t size (e.g.,     building on i386 Debian always uses _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 for the libuv dynamic library, but uses the
    _FILE_OFFSET_BITS global system default of 32 for nodejs), leading to out-of-bounds access. NOTE: this is     not a problem in the Node.js software itself. In particular, the Node.js website's download page does not     offer prebuilt Node.js for Linux on i386. (CVE-2025-47153)

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

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4152 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4152-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                   Bastien Roucaris     May 02, 2025                                  https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : nodejs     Version        : 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u7     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-47153     Debian Bug     : 922075 1076350

    Node.js a popular server side javascript engine was affected by     a vulnerability on 32bits architecture.

    Build processes for libuv and Node.js for 32-bit systems,     have an inconsistent off_t size (e.g., building on i386 Debian always uses
    _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 for the libuv dynamic library,     but uses the _FILE_OFFSET_BITS global system default of 32 for nodejs),     leading to out-of-bounds access.

    Following reverse dependencies were also rebuilt in order to fix the     vulnerability:
    node-expat     node-iconv     node-leveldown     node-modern-syslog     node-nodedbi     node-opencv     node-re2     node-sqlite3     node-sass     node-srs     node-websocket     node-zipfile     r-cran-v8

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u7.

    We recommend that you upgrade your nodejs packages.

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

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

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
258117	Debian dsa-5991 : libnode-dev - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
252906	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-47153	Nessus	Misc.	medium
235077	Debian dla-4152 : libnode-dev - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium

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