SUSE SLES12 Security Update : nodejs4 (SUSE-SU-2018:0002-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 120012

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for nodejs4 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2017-15896: Vulnerable to CVE-2017-3737 due to embedded OpenSSL (bsc#1072322).

- CVE-2017-14919: Embedded zlib issue could cause a DoS via specific windowBits value.

- CVE-2017-3738: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to rsaz_1024_mul_avx2 overflow bug on x86_64.

- CVE-2017-3736: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to bn_sqrx8x_internal carry bug on x86_64 (bsc#1066242).

- CVE-2017-3735: Embedded OpenSSL is vulnerable to malformed X.509 IPAdressFamily that could cause OOB read (bsc#1056058). Bug fixes :

- Update to release 4.8.7 (bsc#1072322):
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/december-2017-s ecurity-releases/

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.7/

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.6/

- https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v4.8.5/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-12-2018-2=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2018-2=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 120012

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0002-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/2/2019

Updated: 7/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs4-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs4-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:npm4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs4

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: 1/2/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14919, CVE-2017-15896, CVE-2017-3735, CVE-2017-3736, CVE-2017-3737, CVE-2017-3738

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