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Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: nodejs-nodemon / nodejs-packaging / nodejs-packaging-bundler Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2023_5849)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 355961

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-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 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_5849.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5849

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242803

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2244104

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2244415

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2244418

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2023:5849

http://www.nessus.org/u?905ccd10

http://www.nessus.org/u?c74c30e4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 355961

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2023_5849.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Percentile: 98.23

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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: 7.2

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:H/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

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

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