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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : nodejs18 (SUSE-SU-2023:4133-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183497

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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-2023:4133-1 advisory.

 - Update to version 18.18.2
 - CVE-2023-44487: Fixed the Rapid Reset attack in nghttp2. (bsc#1216190)
 - CVE-2023-45143: Fixed a cookie leakage in undici. (bsc#1216205)
 - CVE-2023-38552: Fixed an integrity checks according to policies that could be circumvented.
 (bsc#1216272)
 - CVE-2023-39333: Fixed a code injection via WebAssembly export names. (bsc#1216273)

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 nodejs18, nodejs18-devel, nodejs18-docs and / or npm18 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216190

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216205

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216272

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216273

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38552

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39333

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-44487

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45143

http://www.nessus.org/u?010a0e85

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183497

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4133-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38552

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs18-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs18-docs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:npm18

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: 10/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38552, CVE-2023-39333, CVE-2023-44487, CVE-2023-45143

IAVB: 2023-B-0083-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4133-1