RockyLinux 9 : nodejs:18 (RLSA-2023:5849)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 277435

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:5849 advisory.

* HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-44487)

* nodejs: integrity checks according to policies can be circumvented (CVE-2023-38552)

* nodejs: code injection via WebAssembly export names (CVE-2023-39333)

* node-undici: cookie leakage (CVE-2023-45143)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 nodejs-nodemon, nodejs-packaging and / or nodejs-packaging-bundler packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 277435

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-5849.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/4/2025

Updated: 12/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38552

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nodejs-packaging, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nodejs-nodemon, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38552, CVE-2023-39333, CVE-2023-44487, CVE-2023-45143

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