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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-46809

🗓️ 05 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux host has unpatched Node.js vulnerable to CVE-2023-46809 and susceptible to Marvin Attack.

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  - Node.js versions which bundle an unpatched version of OpenSSL or run against a dynamically linked version
    of OpenSSL which are unpatched are vulnerable to the Marvin Attack -
    https://people.redhat.com/~hkario/marvin/, if PCKS #1 v1.5 padding is allowed when performing RSA
    descryption using a private key. (CVE-2023-46809)

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

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  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "nodejs"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "nodejs"},
          {"reference": "nodejs-devel"},
          {"reference": "nodejs-docs"},
          {"reference": "nodejs-full-i18n"},
          {"reference": "nodejs-libs"},
          {"reference": "nodejs-nodemon"},
          {"reference": "nodejs-packaging"},
          {"reference": "nodejs-packaging-bundler"},
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    ]
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          {"reference": "nodejs-full-i18n"},
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        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
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}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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08 Oct 2025 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 3.17.4
EPSS0.01239
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