Node.js is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:nodejs:node.js";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.813467");
script_version("2024-02-28T05:05:37+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1000168");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-28 05:05:37 +0000 (Wed, 28 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-04-13 16:17:00 +0000 (Wed, 13 Apr 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-07-09 17:20:49 +0530 (Mon, 09 Jul 2018)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_name("Node.js Denial-of-Service Vulnerability - 02 - Windows");
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:"The flaw exists due to an uninitialized
read (and a subsequent segfault) error on receiving a malformed ALTSVC frame.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to conduct denial of service attack.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Node.js versions 8.4.x and higher prior to
8.11.3, 9.x prior to 9.11.2 and 10.x prior to 10.4.1");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Node.js version 8.11.3 or 9.11.2
or 10.4.1 or later. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_nodejs_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Nodejs/Win/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( isnull( appPort = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) ) exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:appPort, exit_no_version:TRUE ) ) exit( 0 );
nodejsVer = infos["version"];
appPath = infos["location"];
if(version_in_range(version:nodejsVer, test_version:"8.4.0", test_version2:"8.11.2")){
fix = "8.11.3";
}
else if(version_in_range(version:nodejsVer, test_version:"9.0", test_version2:"9.11.1")){
fix = "9.11.2";
}
else if(version_in_range(version:nodejsVer, test_version:"10.0", test_version2:"10.4.0")){
fix = "10.4.1";
}
if(fix)
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:nodejsVer, fixed_version:fix, install_path:appPath);
security_message(port:appPort, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(0);