openSUSE Security Update : nodejs (openSUSE-2017-284)
high Nessus Plugin ID 97292
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
nodejs was updated to LTS release 4.7.3 to fix the following issues :- deps: upgrade embedded openssl sources to 1.0.2k (CVE-2017-3731, CVE-2017-3732, CVE-2016-7055, boo#1022085, boo#1022086, boo#1009528)
Changes in LTS release 4.7.1 :
- build: shared library support is now working for AIX builds
- repl: passing options to the repl will no longer overwrite defaults
- timers: recanceling a cancelled timers will no longer throw
Changes in LTS release 4.7.0 :
- build: introduce the configure --shared option for embedders
- debugger: make listen address configurable in debugger server
- dgram: generalized send queue to handle close, fixing a potential throw when dgram socket is closed in the listening event handler
- http: introduce the 451 status code 'Unavailable For Legal Reasons'
- gtest: the test reporter now outputs tap comments as yamlish
- tls: introduce secureContext for tls.connect (useful for caching client certificates, key, and CA certificates)
- tls: fix memory leak when writing data to TLSWrap instance during handshake
- src: node no longer aborts when c-ares initialization fails
Changes in LTS release 4.6.2 :
- build: it is now possible to build the documentation from the release tarball
- buffer: Buffer.alloc() will no longer incorrectly return a zero filled buffer when an encoding is passed
- deps/npm: upgrade npm in LTS to 2.15.11
- repl: enable tab completion for global properties
- url: url.format() will now encode all '#' in search
Solution
Update the affected nodejs packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1009528
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 97292
File Name: openSUSE-2017-284.nasl
Version: 3.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 2/21/2017
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nodejs-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:npm, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2017