SB2019011029 - Fedora EPEL 7 update for nodejs
Published: January 10, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019011029
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12120)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when the Node.js debugger being enabled by passing the --debug or debug flags to Node.js. A remote attacker can make a change to default to localhost, attach to the debug feature and execute arbitrary JavaScript code.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.