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

High Nessus Plugin ID 142450

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VPR Score: 5.9

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/444.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/471.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/532.html

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: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2020/11/04

Updated: 2020/11/18

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

VPR Score: 5.9

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8116

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1::appstream, cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1::appstream, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-debugsource, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2020/11/04

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2020/02/04

Reference Information

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

RHSA: 2020:4903

CWE: 122, 131, 444, 471, 532