The `'path'` module in the Node.js 4.x release line contains a potential regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vector. The code in question was replaced in Node.js 6.x and later so this vulnerability only impacts all versions of Node.js 4.x. The regular expression, `splitPathRe`, used within the `'path'` module for the various path parsing functions, including `path.dirname()`, `path.extname()` and `path.parse()` was structured in such a way as to allow an attacker to craft a string, that when passed through one of these functions, could take a significant amount of time to evaluate, potentially leading to a full denial of service.

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v8.11.0/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for nodejs6 fixes the following issues :

  - Fix some node-gyp permissions

  - New upstream LTS release 6.14.1 :

  - Security fixes :

  + CVE-2018-7160: Fix for inspector DNS rebinding     vulnerability (bsc#1087463)

  + CVE-2018-7158: Fix for 'path' module regular expression     denial of service (bsc#1087459)

  + CVE-2018-7159: Reject spaces in HTTP Content-Length     header values (bsc#1087453)

  - New upstream LTS release 6.13.1 :

  - http,tls: better support for IPv6 addresses

  - console: added console.count() and console.clear()

  - crypto :

  + expose ECDH class

  + added cypto.randomFill() and crypto.randomFillSync()

  + warn on invalid authentication tag length

  - deps: upgrade libuv to 1.16.1

  - dgram: added socket.setMulticastInterface()

  - http: add agent.keepSocketAlive and agent.reuseSocket as to allow overridable keep-alive behavior of Agent

  - lib: return this from net.Socket.end()

  - module: add builtinModules api that provides list of all     builtin modules in Node

  - net: return this from getConnections()

  - promises: more robust stringification for unhandled     rejections

  - repl: improve require() autocompletion

  - src :

  + add openssl-system-ca-path configure option

  + add --use-bundled-ca --use-openssl-ca check

  + add process.ppid

  - tls: accept lookup option for tls.connect()

  - tools,build: a new macOS installer!

  - url: WHATWG URL api support

  - util: add %i and %f formatting specifiers

  - remove any old manpage files in %pre from before     update-alternatives were used to manage symlinks to     these manpages.

  - Add Recommends and BuildRequire on python2 for npm.
    node-gyp requires this old version of python for now.
    This is only needed for binary modules.

  - even on recent codestreams there is no binutils gold on     s390 only on s390x

  - New upstream LTS release 6.12.3 :

  - v8: profiler-related fixes

  - mostly documentation and test related changes

  - Enable CI tests in %check target

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for nodejs4 fixes the following issues :

  - Fix some node-gyp permissions

  - New upstream maintenance 4.9.1 :

  - Security fixes :

  + CVE-2018-7158: Fix for 'path' module regular expression     denial of service (bsc#1087459)

  + CVE-2018-7159: Reject spaces in HTTP Content-Length     header values (bsc#1087453)

  - Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2o

  - deps: reject interior blanks in Content-Length

  - deps: upgrade http-parser to v2.8.0

  - remove any old manpage files in %pre from before     update-alternatives were used to manage symlinks to     these manpages.

  - Add Recommends and BuildRequire on python2 for npm.
    node-gyp requires this old version of python for now.
    This is only needed for binary modules.

  - even on recent codestreams there is no binutils gold on     s390 only on s390x

  - Enable CI tests in %check target

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of Node.js installed on the remote host is 4.x prior to 4.9.0, 6.x prior to 6.14.0, 8.x prior to 8.11.0 or 9.x prior to 9.10.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update for nodejs6 fixes the following issues :

  - Fix some node-gyp permissions

  - New upstream LTS release 6.14.1 :

  - Security fixes :

  + CVE-2018-7160: Fix for inspector DNS rebinding     vulnerability (bsc#1087463)

  + CVE-2018-7158: Fix for 'path' module regular expression     denial of service (bsc#1087459)

  + CVE-2018-7159: Reject spaces in HTTP Content-Length     header values (bsc#1087453)

  - New upstream LTS release 6.13.1 :

  - http,tls: better support for IPv6 addresses

  - console: added console.count() and console.clear()

  - crypto :

  + expose ECDH class

  + added cypto.randomFill() and crypto.randomFillSync()

  + warn on invalid authentication tag length

  - deps: upgrade libuv to 1.16.1

  - dgram: added socket.setMulticastInterface()

  - http: add agent.keepSocketAlive and agent.reuseSocket as to allow overridable keep-alive behavior of Agent

  - lib: return this from net.Socket.end()

  - module: add builtinModules api that provides list of all     builtin modules in Node

  - net: return this from getConnections()

  - promises: more robust stringification for unhandled     rejections

  - repl: improve require() autocompletion

  - src :

  + add openssl-system-ca-path configure option

  + add --use-bundled-ca --use-openssl-ca check

  + add process.ppid

  - tls: accept lookup option for tls.connect()

  - tools,build: a new macOS installer!

  - url: WHATWG URL api support

  - util: add %i and %f formatting specifiers

  - remove any old manpage files in %pre from before     update-alternatives were used to manage symlinks to     these manpages.

  - Add Recommends and BuildRequire on python2 for npm.
    node-gyp requires this old version of python for now.
    This is only needed for binary modules.

  - even on recent codestreams there is no binutils gold on     s390 only on s390x

  - New upstream LTS release 6.12.3 :

  - v8: profiler-related fixes

  - mostly documentation and test related changes

  - Enable CI tests in %check target

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

This update for nodejs4 fixes the following issues :

  - Fix some node-gyp permissions

  - New upstream maintenance 4.9.1 :

  - Security fixes :

  + CVE-2018-7158: Fix for 'path' module regular expression     denial of service (bsc#1087459)

  + CVE-2018-7159: Reject spaces in HTTP Content-Length     header values (bsc#1087453)

  - Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2o

  - deps: reject interior blanks in Content-Length

  - deps: upgrade http-parser to v2.8.0

  - remove any old manpage files in %pre from before     update-alternatives were used to manage symlinks to     these manpages.

  - Add Recommends and BuildRequire on python2 for npm.
    node-gyp requires this old version of python for now.
    This is only needed for binary modules.

  - even on recent codestreams there is no binutils gold on     s390 only on s390x

  - Enable CI tests in %check target This update was     imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Node.js reports : Node.js Inspector DNS rebinding vulnerability (CVE-2018-7160) Node.js 6.x and later include a debugger protocol (also known as 'inspector') that can be activated by the --inspect and related command line flags. This debugger service was vulnerable to a DNS rebinding attack which could be exploited to perform remote code execution. 'path' module regular expression denial of service (CVE-2018-7158) The 'path' module in the Node.js 4.x release line contains a potential regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) vector. The code in question was replaced in Node.js 6.x and later so this vulnerability only impacts all versions of Node.js 4.x. Spaces in HTTP Content-Length header values are ignored (CVE-2018-7159) The HTTP parser in all current versions of Node.js ignores spaces in the Content-Length header, allowing input such as Content-Length: 1 2 to be interpreted as having a value of 12. The HTTP specification does not allow for spaces in the Content-Length value and the Node.js HTTP parser has been brought into line on this particular difference.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
120570	Fedora 28 : 1:nodejs (2018-8049b2c488)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
120022	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : nodejs6 (SUSE-SU-2018:1183-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
120019	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : nodejs4 (SUSE-SU-2018:0952-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
118933	Node.js multiple vulnerabilities (March 2018 Security Releases).	Nessus	Misc.	high
109717	openSUSE Security Update : nodejs6 (openSUSE-2018-444)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
109101	openSUSE Security Update : nodejs4 (openSUSE-2018-375)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
108920	Fedora 26 : 1:nodejs (2018-e672eaf4df)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
108819	Fedora 27 : 1:libuv / 1:nodejs (2018-ecf73042e3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
108738	FreeBSD : node.js -- multiple vulnerabilities (5a9bbb6e-32d3-11e8-a769-6daaba161086)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high

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