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CentOS 8 : nodejs:12 (CESA-2020:5499)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 145990

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:5499 advisory.

 - nodejs-ajv: prototype pollution via crafted JSON schema in ajv.validate function (CVE-2020-15366)

 - nodejs-yargs-parser: prototype pollution vulnerability (CVE-2020-7608)

 - nodejs-y18n: prototype pollution vulnerability (CVE-2020-7774)

 - c-ares: ares_parse_{a,aaaa}_reply() insufficient naddrttls validation DoS (CVE-2020-8277)

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/errata/RHSA-2020:5499

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 145990

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-5499.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 1/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2020-7774

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15366, CVE-2020-7608, CVE-2020-7774, CVE-2020-8277

RHSA: 2020:5499