The version of Node.js installed on the remote host is 10.x prior to 10.23.1, 12.x prior to 12.20.1, 14.x prior to 14.15.4, or 15.x prior to 15.5.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the january-2021-security-releases advisory.

  - The X.509 GeneralName type is a generic type for representing different types of names. One of those name     types is known as EDIPartyName. OpenSSL provides a function GENERAL_NAME_cmp which compares different     instances of a GENERAL_NAME to see if they are equal or not. This function behaves incorrectly when both     GENERAL_NAMEs contain an EDIPARTYNAME. A NULL pointer dereference and a crash may occur leading to a     possible denial of service attack. OpenSSL itself uses the GENERAL_NAME_cmp function for two purposes: 1)     Comparing CRL distribution point names between an available CRL and a CRL distribution point embedded in     an X509 certificate 2) When verifying that a timestamp response token signer matches the timestamp     authority name (exposed via the API functions TS_RESP_verify_response and TS_RESP_verify_token) If an     attacker can control both items being compared then that attacker could trigger a crash. For example if     the attacker can trick a client or server into checking a malicious certificate against a malicious CRL     then this may occur. Note that some applications automatically download CRLs based on a URL embedded in a     certificate. This checking happens prior to the signatures on the certificate and CRL being verified.
    OpenSSL's s_server, s_client and verify tools have support for the -crl_download option which implements     automatic CRL downloading and this attack has been demonstrated to work against those tools. Note that an     unrelated bug means that affected versions of OpenSSL cannot parse or construct correct encodings of     EDIPARTYNAME. However it is possible to construct a malformed EDIPARTYNAME that OpenSSL's parser will     accept and hence trigger this attack. All OpenSSL 1.1.1 and 1.0.2 versions are affected by this issue.
    Other OpenSSL releases are out of support and have not been checked. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1i (Affected     1.1.1-1.1.1h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2x (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2w). (CVE-2020-1971)

  - Node.js versions before 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1 allow two copies of a header field in an HTTP     request (for example, two Transfer-Encoding header fields). In this case, Node.js identifies the first     header field and ignores the second. This can lead to HTTP Request Smuggling. (CVE-2020-8287)

  - Node.js versions before 10.23.1, 12.20.1, 14.15.4, 15.5.1 are vulnerable to a use-after-free bug in its TLS     implementation. When writing to a TLS enabled socket, node::StreamBase::Write calls node::TLSWrap::DoWrite     with a freshly allocated WriteWrap object as first argument. If the DoWrite method does not return an     error, this object is passed back to the caller as part of a StreamWriteResult structure. This may be     exploited to corrupt memory leading to a Denial of Service or potentially other exploits. (CVE-2020-8265)

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

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Node.js 10.x < 10.23.1 / 12.x < 12.20.1 / 14.x < 14.15.4 / 15.x < 15.5.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 144949

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Version 1.8 Sep 11, 2023, 8:03 PM Plugin requirements (added Linux node.js detection as a dependency) Plugin Feed: 202309112003
Version 1.7 Dec 7, 2022, 4:47 PM Reference Plugin Feed: 202212071647
Version 1.6 Oct 4, 2022, 9:57 AM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202210040957