Debian dla-3260 : node-xmldom - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 169694

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3260 advisory.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3260-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Guilhem Moulin January 01, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : node-xmldom Version : 0.1.27+ds-1+deb10u2 CVE ID : CVE-2021-21366 CVE-2022-39353 Debian Bug : 1024736

It was discovered that node-xmldom, a standard XML DOM (Level2 CORE) implementation in pure javascript, processed ill-formed XML, which may result in bugs and security holes in downstream applications.

CVE-2021-21366

xmldom versions 0.4.0 and older do not correctly preserve system identifiers, FPIs or namespaces when repeatedly parsing and serializing maliciously crafted documents. This may lead to unexpected syntactic changes during XML processing in some downstream applications.

CVE-2022-39353

Mark Gollnick discovered that xmldom parses XML that is not well-formed because it contains multiple top level elements, and adds all root nodes to the `childNodes` collection of the `Document`, without reporting or throwing any error. This breaks the assumption that there is only a single root node in the tree, and may open security holes such as CVE-2022-39299 in downstream applications.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 0.1.27+ds-1+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your node-xmldom packages.

For the detailed security status of node-xmldom please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/node-xmldom

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Attachment:
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Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the node-xmldom packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 169694

File Name: debian_DLA-3260.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/7/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21366

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-39353

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:node-xmldom, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21366, CVE-2022-39299, CVE-2022-39353

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