SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : nodejs16 (SUSE-SU-2022:4003-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167733

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:4003-1 advisory.

- Update to LTS versino 16.18.1:

- CVE-2022-43548: Fixed DNS rebinding in --inspect via invalid octal IP address (bsc#1205119).

- Update to LTS version 16.18.0:
* http: throw error on content-length mismatch
* stream: add ReadableByteStream.tee()
* deps: npm updated to 8.19.2

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205119

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-43548

http://www.nessus.org/u?b7fc7a92

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167733

File Name: suse_SU-2022-4003-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-43548

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:npm16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs16-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs16-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs16

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: 11/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-43548

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:4003-1