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Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0090: nodejs:20 (ALINUX3-SA-2025:0090)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 240278
Synopsis
The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2025:0090 advisory.Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2025-23165:
In Node.js, the `ReadFileUtf8` internal binding leaks memory due to a corrupted pointer in `uv_fs_s.file`:
a UTF-16 path buffer is allocated but subsequently overwritten when the file descriptor is set. This results in an unrecoverable memory leak on every call. Repeated use can cause unbounded memory growth, leading to a denial of service.
Impact:
* This vulnerability affects APIs relying on `ReadFileUtf8` on Node.js release lines: v20 and v22.
CVE-2025-23166:
The C++ method SignTraits::DeriveBits() may incorrectly call ThrowException() based on user-supplied inputs when executing in a background thread, crashing the Node.js process. Such cryptographic operations are commonly applied to untrusted inputs. Thus, this mechanism potentially allows an adversary to remotely crash a Node.js runtime.
CVE-2025-23167:
A flaw in Node.js 20's HTTP parser allows improper termination of HTTP/1 headers using `\r\n\rX` instead of the required `\r\n\r\n`.
This inconsistency enables request smuggling, allowing attackers to bypass proxy-based access controls and submit unauthorized requests.
The issue was resolved by upgrading `llhttp` to version 9, which enforces correct header termination.
Impact:
* This vulnerability affects only Node.js 20.x users prior to the `llhttp` v9 upgrade.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.
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.See Also
http://mirrors.aliyun.com/alinux/3/cve/alinux3-sa-20250090.xml
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 240278
File Name: alinux3_sa_2025-0090.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 6/23/2025
Updated: 6/23/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.1
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-2025-23167
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: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:npm, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nodejs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nodejs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:nodejs-full-i18n
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Alibaba/release, Host/Alibaba/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2025