RockyLinux 9 : nodejs:18 (RLSA-2023:4330)

high Nessus Plugin ID 377127

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:4330 advisory.

* nodejs: mainModule.proto bypass experimental policy mechanism (CVE-2023-30581)

* nodejs: process interuption due to invalid Public Key information in x509 certificates (CVE-2023-30588)

* nodejs: HTTP Request Smuggling via Empty headers separated by CR (CVE-2023-30589)

* nodejs: DiffieHellman do not generate keys after setting a private key (CVE-2023-30590)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 nodejs-packaging and / or nodejs-packaging-bundler packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219824

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219838

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219841

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219842

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:4330

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 377127

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-4330.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 11/6/2026

Updated: 11/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-30590

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nodejs-packaging-bundler, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nodejs-packaging

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-30581, CVE-2023-30588, CVE-2023-30589, CVE-2023-30590