Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: nodejs-nodemon / nodejs-packaging / nodejs-packaging-bundler Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_1688)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 356678

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-2024_1688 advisory.

* nodejs: vulnerable to timing variant of the Bleichenbacher attack against PKCS#1 v1.5 padding (Marvin) (CVE-2023-46809)

* nodejs: reading unprocessed HTTP request with unbounded chunk extension allows DoS attacks (CVE-2024-22019)

* nodejs: code injection and privilege escalation through Linux capabilities (CVE-2024-21892)

* nodejs: path traversal by monkey-patching buffer internals (CVE-2024-21896)

* nodejs: multiple permission model bypasses due to improper path traversal sequence sanitization (CVE-2024-21891)

* nodejs: improper handling of wildcards in --allow-fs-read and --allow-fs-write (CVE-2024-21890)

* nodejs: setuid() does not drop all privileges due to io_uring (CVE-2024-22017)

This advisory is provided by Ctrl IQ, Inc for Rocky Linux systems. For more information about CIQ security practices, visit https://ciq.com/security.

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-2024_1688.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 356678

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2024_1688.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, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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: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: 5/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46809, CVE-2024-21890, CVE-2024-21891, CVE-2024-21892, CVE-2024-21896, CVE-2024-22017, CVE-2024-22019

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