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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Moment.js vulnerabilities (USN-4786-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183705

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4786-1 advisory.

 - The duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string, aka a regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). (CVE-2016-4055)

 - The moment module before 2.19.3 for Node.js is prone to a regular expression denial of service via a crafted date string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4055. (CVE-2017-18214)

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 libjs-moment and / or node-moment packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4786-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183705

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4786-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2023

Updated: 10/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4055

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18214

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjs-moment, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:node-moment

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4055, CVE-2017-18214

USN: 4786-1