openSUSE Security Update : nodejs6 (openSUSE-2018-116)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106547

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for nodejs6 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2017-15896: Vulnerable to CVE-2017-3737 due to embedded OpenSSL (bsc#1072322).

- CVE-2017-14919: Embedded zlib issue could cause a DoS via specific windowBits value.

- CVE-2017-3738: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to rsaz_1024_mul_avx2 overflow bug on x86_64.

- CVE-2017-3736: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to bn_sqrx8x_internal carry bug on x86_64 (bsc#1066242).

- CVE-2017-3735: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to malformed X.509 IPAdressFamily that could cause OOB read (bsc#1056058).

Bug fixes :

- Update to LTS release 6.12.2 (bsc#1072322) :

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2017-security-releases/

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.12.2/

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.12.1/

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.12.0/

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.5/

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.4/

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.3/

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.11.2/

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

Solution

Update the affected nodejs6 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106547

File Name: openSUSE-2018-116.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/1/2018

Updated: 10/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs6-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs6-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:npm6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs6-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14919, CVE-2017-15896, CVE-2017-3735, CVE-2017-3736, CVE-2017-3737, CVE-2017-3738

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