Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: nodejs-nodemon / nodejs-packaging Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2020_0579)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 356603

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-2020_0579 advisory.

* nodejs: HTTP request smuggling using malformed Transfer-Encoding header (CVE-2019-15605)

* nodejs: Remotely trigger an assertion on a TLS server with a malformed certificate string (CVE-2019-15604)

* nodejs: HTTP header values do not have trailing optional whitespace trimmed (CVE-2019-15606)

* 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 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-2020_0579.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 356603

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2020_0579.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

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: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

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-2019-15606

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

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: 2/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15604, CVE-2019-15605, CVE-2019-15606, CVE-2019-16775, CVE-2019-16776, CVE-2019-16777

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