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openSUSE Security Update : nodejs (openSUSE-2016-884)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92488

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for nodejs fixes the following issue :

 - CVE-2016-1669 :

 - fix buffer overflow in v8 (boo#987919)

Solution

Update the affected nodejs packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=987919

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92488

File Name: openSUSE-2016-884.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2016

Updated: 1/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1669

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:npm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs

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: 7/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1669