RHEL 8 : nodejs:12 (RHSA-2020:4903)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142450

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4903 advisory.

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

- 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)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8116

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8201

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8252

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15095

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4903

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1856875

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1868196

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1879311

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1879315

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142450

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4903.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/4/2020

Updated: 2/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:rhel_e4s:8.1, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, 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: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2020

Reference Information

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

CWE: 122, 131, 444, 471, 532

IAVB: 2020-B-0057-S

RHSA: 2020:4903