SUSE SLES15 Security Update : nodejs8 (SUSE-SU-2021:3294-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 153923

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2021:3294-1 advisory.

nodejs8 was updated to fix the following security issues:

- CVE-2021-22930: http2: fixes use after free on close in stream canceling (bsc#1188917)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected nodejs8, nodejs8-devel, nodejs8-docs and / or npm8 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 153923

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3294-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/7/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22930

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs8-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs8-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:npm8, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 10/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22930

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3294-1

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