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RHEL 9 : nodejs (RHSA-2022:6963)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 166207
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for nodejs.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:6963 advisory.- nodejs: weak randomness in WebCrypto keygen (CVE-2022-35255)
- nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling due to incorrect parsing of header fields (CVE-2022-35256)
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 nodejs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:6963.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?5b0ceb1f
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6963
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 166207
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-6963.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/18/2022
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: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.4
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-35255
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-full-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nodejs-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux: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: 10/18/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-35255, CVE-2022-35256