SUSE SLES12 Security Update : nodejs6 (SUSE-SU-2018:1183-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120022

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Synopsis

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Description

This update for nodejs6 fixes the following issues :

- Fix some node-gyp permissions

- New upstream LTS release 6.14.1 :

- Security fixes :

+ CVE-2018-7160: Fix for inspector DNS rebinding vulnerability (bsc#1087463)

+ CVE-2018-7158: Fix for 'path' module regular expression denial of service (bsc#1087459)

+ CVE-2018-7159: Reject spaces in HTTP Content-Length header values (bsc#1087453)

- New upstream LTS release 6.13.1 :

- http,tls: better support for IPv6 addresses

- console: added console.count() and console.clear()

- crypto :

+ expose ECDH class

+ added cypto.randomFill() and crypto.randomFillSync()

+ warn on invalid authentication tag length

- deps: upgrade libuv to 1.16.1

- dgram: added socket.setMulticastInterface()

- http: add agent.keepSocketAlive and agent.reuseSocket as to allow overridable keep-alive behavior of Agent

- lib: return this from net.Socket.end()

- module: add builtinModules api that provides list of all builtin modules in Node

- net: return this from getConnections()

- promises: more robust stringification for unhandled rejections

- repl: improve require() autocompletion

- src :

+ add openssl-system-ca-path configure option

+ add --use-bundled-ca --use-openssl-ca check

+ add process.ppid

- tls: accept lookup option for tls.connect()

- tools,build: a new macOS installer!

- url: WHATWG URL api support

- util: add %i and %f formatting specifiers

- remove any old manpage files in %pre from before update-alternatives were used to manage symlinks to these manpages.

- Add Recommends and BuildRequire on python2 for npm.
node-gyp requires this old version of python for now.
This is only needed for binary modules.

- even on recent codestreams there is no binutils gold on s390 only on s390x

- New upstream LTS release 6.12.3 :

- v8: profiler-related fixes

- mostly documentation and test related changes

- Enable CI tests in %check target

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Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-825=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-12-2018-825=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2018-825=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120022

File Name: suse_SU-2018-1183-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/2/2019

Updated: 7/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7160

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:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs6-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:npm6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nodejs6-debugsource

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: 5/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7158, CVE-2018-7159, CVE-2018-7160

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