SUSE SLES12 Security Update : nodejs4 (SUSE-SU-2019:0117-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121292

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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-2018-0734: Fixed a timing vulnerability in the DSA signature generation (bsc#1113652)

CVE-2018-5407: Fixed a hyperthread port content side channel attack (aka 'PortSmash') (bsc#1113534)

CVE-2018-12120: Fixed that the debugger listens on any interface by default (bsc#1117625)

CVE-2018-12121: Fixed a denial of Service with large HTTP headers (bsc#1117626)

CVE-2018-12122: Fixed the 'Slowloris' HTTP Denial of Service (bsc#1117627)

CVE-2018-12116: Fixed HTTP request splitting (bsc#1117630)

CVE-2018-12123: Fixed hostname spoofing in URL parser for JavaScript protocol (bsc#1117629)

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 Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-12-2019-117=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2019-117=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121292

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0117-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/22/2019

Updated: 6/26/2024

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12120

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0734, CVE-2018-12116, CVE-2018-12120, CVE-2018-12121, CVE-2018-12122, CVE-2018-12123, CVE-2018-5407

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