Security update for nodejs8

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1918-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-1000168 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-1000168 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-1000168 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-7161 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-7161 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-7161 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-7167 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-7167 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-7167 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • Web and Scripting Module 15

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for nodejs8 to version 8.11.3 fixes the following issues:

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2018-7167: Calling Buffer.fill() or Buffer.alloc() with some parameters could have lead to a hang which could have resulted in a DoS (bsc#1097375).
  • CVE-2018-7161: By interacting with the http2 server in a manner that triggered a cleanup bug where objects are used in native code after they are no longer available an attacker could have caused a denial of service (DoS) by causing a node server providing an http2 server to crash (bsc#1097404).
  • CVE-2018-1000168: Fixed a denial of service vulnerability by unbundling nghttp2 (bsc#1097401)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Web and Scripting Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-2018-1291=1

Package List:

  • Web and Scripting Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • nodejs8-devel-8.11.3-3.5.1
    • nodejs8-debuginfo-8.11.3-3.5.1
    • nodejs8-debugsource-8.11.3-3.5.1
    • nodejs8-8.11.3-3.5.1
    • npm8-8.11.3-3.5.1
  • Web and Scripting Module 15 (noarch)
    • nodejs8-docs-8.11.3-3.5.1

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