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RHEL 9 : nodejs (RHSA-2023:4036)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178239

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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-2023:4036 advisory.

 - c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation (CVE-2023-31124)

 - c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() (CVE-2023-31130)

 - c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (CVE-2023-31147)

 - c-ares: 0-byte UDP payload Denial of Service (CVE-2023-32067)

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-2023:4036.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?83408a54

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209494

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209497

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209501

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209502

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4036

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178239

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-4036.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/13/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-31147

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.0, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31124, CVE-2023-31130, CVE-2023-31147, CVE-2023-32067

CWE: 330, 400

RHSA: 2023:4036