Node.js < 20.19.2, 21.x < 22.15.1 DoS Vulnerability - Mac OS X

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:nodejs:node.js";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.128137");
  script_version("2025-05-27T05:40:44+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-05-27 05:40:44 +0000 (Tue, 27 May 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-05-23 04:05:15 +0000 (Fri, 23 May 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-23165");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Node.js < 20.19.2, 21.x < 22.15.1 DoS Vulnerability - Mac OS X");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_nodejs_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Nodejs/MacOSX/Ver");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Node.js is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"In Node.js, the `ReadFileUtf8` internal binding leaks memory due
  to a corrupted pointer in `uv_fs_s.file`: a UTF-16 path buffer is allocated but subsequently
  overwritten when the file descriptor is set. This results in an unrecoverable memory leak on
  every call. Repeated use can cause unbounded memory growth, leading to a denial of service.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Node.js prior to version 20.19.2, 21.x prior to 22.15.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 20.19.2, 22.15.1 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/may-2025-security-releases");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/updates-cve-for-end-of-life");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];


if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "20.19.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "20.19.2", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "21.0", test_version_up: "22.15.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "22.15.1", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);