| Name | CVE-2018-12120 |
| Description | Node.js: All versions prior to Node.js 6.15.0: Debugger port 5858 listens on any interface by default: When the debugger is enabled with `node --debug` or `node debug`, it listens to port 5858 on all interfaces by default. This may allow remote computers to attach to the debug port and evaluate arbitrary JavaScript. The default interface is now localhost. It has always been possible to start the debugger on a specific interface, such as `node --debug=localhost`. The debugger was removed in Node.js 8 and replaced with the inspector, so no versions from 8 and later are vulnerable. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nodejs (PTS) | buster | 10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 10.24.0~dfsg-1~deb10u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 18.13.0+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 18.19.1+dfsg-3 | fixed |
| sid | 18.20.1+dfsg-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| nodejs | source | (unstable) | 8.9.3~dfsg-5 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/
Nodejs not covered by security support
Code got removed in 8.x, so marking first 8.x version in sid as fixed
Patch (v6): https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/a9791c9090927b41a8bbfad254a2279204508059