RHEL 7 : rh-nodejs12-nodejs (RHSA-2021:0485)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 165165

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rh-nodejs12-nodejs.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0485 advisory.

- nodejs-deep-extend: Prototype pollution can allow attackers to modify object properties (CVE-2018-3750)

- nodejs-mixin-deep: prototype pollution in function mixin-deep (CVE-2019-10746)

- nodejs-set-value: prototype pollution in function set-value (CVE-2019-10747)

- nodejs-npm-user-validate: improper input validation when validating user emails leads to ReDoS (CVE-2020-7754)

- nodejs-ini: Prototype pollution via malicious INI file (CVE-2020-7788)

- nodejs: use-after-free in the TLS implementation (CVE-2020-8265)

- nodejs: HTTP request smuggling via two copies of a header field in an http request (CVE-2020-8287)

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 RHEL rh-nodejs12-nodejs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:0485.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?205a081a

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0485

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1795475

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1795479

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1892430

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1907444

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1912854

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1912863

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 165165

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0485.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2020-7788

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-nodejs12-nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-nodejs12-nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-nodejs12-nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-nodejs12-nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-nodejs12-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: 2/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-3750, CVE-2019-10746, CVE-2019-10747, CVE-2020-7754, CVE-2020-7788, CVE-2020-8265, CVE-2020-8287

CWE: 20, 400, 416, 444, 471

RHSA: 2021:0485