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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: nodejs / nodejs-debuginfo / nodejs-debugsource / nodejs-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2023_4034)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 355658

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_4034 advisory.

 * c-ares: 0-byte UDP payload Denial of Service (CVE-2023-32067)

 * c-ares: Buffer Underwrite in ares_inet_net_pton() (CVE-2023-31130)

 * c-ares: Insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (CVE-2023-31147)

 * c-ares: AutoTools does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE during cross compilation (CVE-2023-31124)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2023_4034.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4034

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209494

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209497

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209501

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209502

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2023:4034

http://www.nessus.org/u?0b5e5681

http://www.nessus.org/u?e48bca81

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 355658

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2023_4034.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.79

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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-2023-31147

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-31124, CVE-2023-31130, CVE-2023-31147, CVE-2023-32067