RHEL 6 / 7 : rh-nodejs4-nodejs-tough-cookie (RHSA-2017:2912)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194045

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for rh-nodejs4-nodejs-tough-cookie.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2912 advisory.

- nodejs-tough-cookie: regular expression DoS via Cookie header with many semicolons (CVE-2016-1000232)

- nodejs-tough-cookie: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2017-15010)

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 rh-nodejs4-nodejs-tough-cookie package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:2912.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194045

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-2912.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 4/27/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15010

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-nodejs4-nodejs-tough-cookie

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: 10/18/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1000232, CVE-2017-15010

CWE: 400

RHSA: 2017:2912

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