SUSE SLES12 Security Update : nodejs6 (SUSE-SU-2018:1892-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 120036

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for nodejs6 to version 6.14.3 fixes the following issues:
The following security vulnerability was addressed :

- Fixed a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Buffer.fill(), which could hang when being called (CVE-2018-7167, bsc#1097375). The following other changes were made :

- Use absolute paths in executable shebang lines

- Fixed building with ICU61.1 (bsc#1091764)

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 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 Crowbar 8:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2018-1287=1

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-1287=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-12-2018-1287=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2018-1287=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 120036

File Name: suse_SU-2018-1892-1.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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 7/5/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7167

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