SUSE SLES12 Security Update : nodejs12 (SUSE-SU-2022:1466-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 160390

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1466-1 advisory.

- CVE-2021-44906: Fixed a prototype pollution in node-minimist (bsc#1198247).
- CVE-2021-44907: Fixed a potential Denial of Service vulnerability in node-qs (bsc#1197283).
- CVE-2022-0235: Fixed an exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in node-fetch (bsc#1194819).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected nodejs12, nodejs12-devel, nodejs12-docs and / or npm12 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194819

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1197283

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1198247

http://www.nessus.org/u?2b00b740

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44906

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-0235

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 160390

File Name: suse_SU-2022-1466-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2022

Updated: 9/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44906

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:npm12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs12-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs12-docs, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44906, CVE-2022-0235

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:1466-1