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CentOS 8 : nodejs:12 (CESA-2021:3073)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152468

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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-2021:3073 advisory.

 - libuv: out-of-bounds read in uv__idna_toascii() can lead to information disclosures or crashes (CVE-2021-22918)

 - nodejs-hosted-git-info: Regular Expression denial of service via shortcutMatch in fromUrl() (CVE-2021-23362)

 - nodejs-ssri: Regular expression DoS (ReDoS) when parsing malicious SRI in strict mode (CVE-2021-27290)

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 nodejs-nodemon and / or nodejs-packaging packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3073

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152468

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-3073.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/11/2021

Updated: 12/4/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22918

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nodejs-packaging, 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: 8/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22918, CVE-2021-23362, CVE-2021-27290

IAVB: 2021-B-0041-S

RHSA: 2021:3073