SUSE SLES12 Security Update : nodejs18 (SUSE-SU-2023:0715-1)

2023-03-1400:00:00

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suse sles12

node.js

privilege escalation

cryptographic vulnerability

untrusted search path

undici library

http/1.1 client

crlf injection

regular expression denial of service

cve-2023-23918

cve-2023-23919

cve-2023-23920

cve-2023-23936

cve-2023-24807

security update

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

54.3%

JSON

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0715-1 advisory.

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1 and <14.21.3 that made it possible to bypass the experimental Permissions (https://nodejs.org/api/permissions.html) feature in Node.js and access non authorized modules by using process.mainModule.require(). This only affects users who had enabled the experimental permissions option with --experimental-policy. (CVE-2023-23918)
A cryptographic vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.2.0, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, <14.21.3 that in some cases did does not clear the OpenSSL error stack after operations that may set it. This may lead to false positive errors during subsequent cryptographic operations that happen to be on the same thread. This in turn could be used to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-23919)
An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in Node.js. <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, and <14.21.3 that could allow an attacker to search and potentially load ICU data when running with elevated privileges.
(CVE-2023-23920)
Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Starting with version 2.0.0 and prior to version 5.19.1, the undici library does not protect host HTTP header from CRLF injection vulnerabilities. This issue is patched in Undici v5.19.1. As a workaround, sanitize the headers.host string before passing to undici.
(CVE-2023-23936)
Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Prior to version 5.19.1, the Headers.set() and Headers.append() methods are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks when untrusted values are passed into the functions. This is due to the inefficient regular expression used to normalize the values in the headerValueNormalize() utility function. This vulnerability was patched in v5.19.1. No known workarounds are available. (CVE-2023-24807)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

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  - A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1 and <14.21.3 that made
    it possible to bypass the experimental Permissions (https://nodejs.org/api/permissions.html) feature in
    Node.js and access non authorized modules by using process.mainModule.require(). This only affects users
    who had enabled the experimental permissions option with --experimental-policy. (CVE-2023-23918)

  - A cryptographic vulnerability exists in Node.js <19.2.0, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, <14.21.3 that in some cases
    did does not clear the OpenSSL error stack after operations that may set it. This may lead to false
    positive errors during subsequent cryptographic operations that happen to be on the same thread. This in
    turn could be used to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-23919)

  - An untrusted search path vulnerability exists in Node.js. <19.6.1, <18.14.1, <16.19.1, and <14.21.3 that
    could allow an attacker to search and potentially load ICU data when running with elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2023-23920)

  - Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Starting with version 2.0.0 and prior to version 5.19.1, the
    undici library does not protect `host` HTTP header from CRLF injection vulnerabilities. This issue is
    patched in Undici v5.19.1. As a workaround, sanitize the `headers.host` string before passing to undici.
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  - Undici is an HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js. Prior to version 5.19.1, the `Headers.set()` and
    `Headers.append()` methods are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks when
    untrusted values are passed into the functions. This is due to the inefficient regular expression used to
    normalize the values in the `headerValueNormalize()` utility function. This vulnerability was patched in
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include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)(?:_SAP)?\d+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES12|SLES_SAP12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLES12 / SLES_SAP12', 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);

var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(0|3|4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP0/3/4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(0|3|4|5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP12 SP0/3/4/5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'nodejs18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-devel-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-devel-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-devel-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-devel-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-docs-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-docs-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-docs-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-docs-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'npm18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'npm18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'npm18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'npm18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.3', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.4', 'SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12', 'sle-module-web-scripting-release-12-0', 'sles-release-12', 'sles-release-12.3', 'sles-release-12.4', 'sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12', 'sle-module-web-scripting-release-12-0', 'sles-release-12', 'sles-release-12.3', 'sles-release-12.4', 'sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12', 'sle-module-web-scripting-release-12-0', 'sles-release-12', 'sles-release-12.3', 'sles-release-12.4', 'sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12', 'sle-module-web-scripting-release-12-0', 'sles-release-12', 'sles-release-12.3', 'sles-release-12.4', 'sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-devel-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12', 'sle-module-web-scripting-release-12-0', 'sles-release-12', 'sles-release-12.3', 'sles-release-12.4', 'sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-devel-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12', 'sle-module-web-scripting-release-12-0', 'sles-release-12', 'sles-release-12.3', 'sles-release-12.4', 'sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'nodejs18-devel-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12', 'sle-module-web-scripting-release-12-0', 'sles-release-12', 'sles-release-12.3', 'sles-release-12.4', 'sles-release-12.5']},
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    {'reference':'nodejs18-docs-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12', 'sle-module-web-scripting-release-12-0', 'sles-release-12', 'sles-release-12.3', 'sles-release-12.4', 'sles-release-12.5']},
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    {'reference':'npm18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12', 'sle-module-web-scripting-release-12-0', 'sles-release-12', 'sles-release-12.3', 'sles-release-12.4', 'sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'npm18-18.14.2-8.6.2', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12', 'sle-module-web-scripting-release-12-0', 'sles-release-12', 'sles-release-12.3', 'sles-release-12.4', 'sles-release-12.5']},
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];

var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (reference && _release) {
    if (exists_check) {
      var check_flag = 0;
      foreach var check (exists_check) {
        if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
        check_flag++;
      }
      if (!check_flag) continue;
    }
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'nodejs18 / nodejs18-devel / nodejs18-docs / npm18');
}