SUSE SLES15 Security Update : nodejs16 (SUSE-SU-2023:2861-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178412

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2861-1 advisory.

Update to version 16.20.1:

- CVE-2023-30581: Fixed mainModule.__proto__ Bypass Experimental Policy Mechanism (bsc#1212574).
- CVE-2023-30585: Fixed privilege escalation via Malicious Registry Key manipulation during Node.js installer repair process (bsc#1212579).
- CVE-2023-30588: Fixed process interuption due to invalid Public Key information in x509 certificates (bsc#1212581).
- CVE-2023-30589: Fixed HTTP Request Smuggling via empty headers separated by CR (bsc#1212582).
- CVE-2023-30590: Fixed DiffieHellman key generation after setting a private key (bsc#1212583).
- CVE-2023-31124: Fixed cross compilation issue with AutoTools that does not set CARES_RANDOM_FILE (bsc#1211607).
- CVE-2023-31130: Fixed buffer underwrite problem in ares_inet_net_pton() (bsc#1211606).
- CVE-2023-31147: Fixed insufficient randomness in generation of DNS query IDs (bsc#1211605).
- CVE-2023-32067: Fixed denial-of-service via 0-byte UDP payload (bsc#1211604).

Bug fixes:

- Increased the default timeout on unit tests from 2 to 20 minutes. This seems to have lead to build failures on some platforms, like s390x in Factory. (bsc#1211407)

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 nodejs16, nodejs16-devel, nodejs16-docs and / or npm16 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178412

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2861-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/18/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.79

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-30590

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs16-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs16-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:npm16

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: 7/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-30581, CVE-2023-30585, CVE-2023-30588, CVE-2023-30589, CVE-2023-30590, CVE-2023-31124, CVE-2023-31130, CVE-2023-31147, CVE-2023-32067

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2861-1

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