This update for nodejs8 to version 8.16.1 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-9511: Fixed HTTP/2 implementations that are vulnerable to window size manipulation and stream prioritization manipulation, potentially leading to a denial of service (bsc#1146091).

CVE-2019-9512: Fixed HTTP/2 flood using PING frames results in unbounded memory growth (bsc#1146099).

CVE-2019-9513: Fixed HTTP/2 implementation that is vulnerable to resource loops, potentially leading to a denial of service.
(bsc#1146094).

CVE-2019-9514: Fixed HTTP/2 implementation that is vulnerable to a reset flood, potentially leading to a denial of service (bsc#1146095).

CVE-2019-9515: Fixed HTTP/2 flood using SETTINGS frames results in unbounded memory growth (bsc#1146100).

CVE-2019-9516: Fixed HTTP/2 implementation that is vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading to a denial of service (bsc#1146090).

CVE-2019-9517: Fixed HTTP/2 implementations that are vulnerable to unconstrained interal data buffering (bsc#1146097).

CVE-2019-9518: Fixed HTTP/2 implementation that is vulnerable to a flood of empty frames, potentially leading to a denial of service (bsc#1146093).

Bug fixes: Fixed that npm resolves its default config file like in all other versions, as /etc/nodejs/npmrc (bsc#1144919).

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.

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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : nodejs8 (SUSE-SU-2019:2260-1) (0-Length Headers Leak) (Data Dribble) (Empty Frames Flood) (Internal Data Buffering) (Ping Flood) (Reset Flood) (Resource Loop) (Settings Flood)

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