RHEL 7 : rh-nodejs8-nodejs (RHSA-2020:2625)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 170350

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2625 advisory.

- nodejs-brace-expansion: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2017-18077)

- nodejs-chownr: TOCTOU vulnerability in `chownr` function in chownr.js (CVE-2017-18869)

- nodejs-sshpk: ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid public keys in lib/formats/ssh.js (CVE-2018-3737)

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

- npm: Symlink reference outside of node_modules folder through the bin field upon installation (CVE-2019-16775)

- npm: Arbitrary file write via constructed entry in the package.json bin field (CVE-2019-16776)

- npm: Global node_modules Binary Overwrite (CVE-2019-16777)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 170350

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2625.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/23/2023

Updated: 9/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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-2018-3750

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-nodejs8-nodejs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-nodejs8-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: 6/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18077, CVE-2017-18869, CVE-2018-3737, CVE-2018-3750, CVE-2019-16775, CVE-2019-16776, CVE-2019-16777

CWE: 20, 367, 400

RHSA: 2020:2625

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