RHEL 8 : nodejs:12 (RHSA-2020:4272)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141536

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for nodejs:12.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4272 advisory.

- nodejs-dot-prop: prototype pollution (CVE-2020-8116)

- nodejs: HTTP request smuggling due to CR-to-Hyphen conversion (CVE-2020-8201)

- libuv: buffer overflow in realpath (CVE-2020-8252)

- npm: sensitive information exposure through logs (CVE-2020-15095)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL nodejs:12 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:4272.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141536

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4272.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 10/19/2020

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8252

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:npm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15095, CVE-2020-8116, CVE-2020-8201, CVE-2020-8252

CWE: 122, 444, 471, 532

IAVB: 2020-B-0057-S

RHSA: 2020:4272

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