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openSUSE Security Update : nodejs8 (openSUSE-2019-718)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123312

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for nodejs8 to version 8.11.4 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2018-12115: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory write in Buffer that could be used to write to memory outside of a Buffer's memory space buffer (bsc#1105019)

 - Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2p, which fixed :

 - CVE-2018-0732: Client denial-of-service due to large DH parameter (bsc#1097158)

 - ECDSA key extraction via local side-channel

Other changes made :

 - Recommend same major version npm package (bsc#1097748)

 - Fix parallel/test-tls-passphrase.js test to continue to function with older versions of OpenSSL library.

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected nodejs8 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1097158

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1097748

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1105019

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123312

File Name: openSUSE-2019-718.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2019

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs8, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs8-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs8-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs8-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:npm8, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

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: 3/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0732, CVE-2018-12115