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MiracleLinux 7 : rh-nodejs8-nodejs-8.17.0-2.el7 (AXSA:2020-200:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 294570

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2020-200:01 advisory.

 * nodejs-brace-expansion: Regular expression denial of service (CVE-2017-18077)
 * nodejs-chownr: TOCTOU vulnerability in `chownr` function in chownr.js (CVE-2017-18869)
 * nodejs-sshpk: ReDoS when parsing crafted invalid public keys in lib/formats/ssh.js (CVE-2018-3737)
 * nodejs-deep-extend: Prototype pollution can allow attackers to modify object properties (CVE-2018-3750)
 * npm: Symlink reference outside of node_modules folder through the bin field upon installation (CVE-2019-16775)
 * npm: Arbitrary file write via constructed entry in the package.json bin field (CVE-2019-16776)
 * npm: Global node_modules Binary Overwrite (CVE-2019-16777)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/11381

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 294570

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2020-200.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-3750

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rh-nodejs8-nodejs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rh-nodejs8-nodejs-docs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rh-nodejs8-nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:rh-nodejs8-npm

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18077, CVE-2017-18869, CVE-2018-3737, CVE-2018-3750, CVE-2019-16775, CVE-2019-16776, CVE-2019-16777