Security update for nodejs8

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2800-1
Rating: critical
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-11080 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2020-11080 ( NVD ): 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2020-15095 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-15095 ( NVD ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-7598 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-7598 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2020-8174 ( SUSE ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2020-8174 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1
  • Web and Scripting Module 15-SP2

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for nodejs8 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-8174: Fixed multiple memory corruption in napi_get_value_string_*() (bsc#1172443).
  • CVE-2020-11080: Fixed a potential denial of service when receiving unreasonably large HTTP/2 SETTINGS frames (bsc#1172442).
  • CVE-2020-7598: Fixed an issue which could have tricked minimist into adding or modifying properties of Object.prototype (bsc#1166916)
  • CVE-2020-15095: Fixed information leak through log files (bsc#1173937).
  • Explicitly add -fno-strict-aliasing to CFLAGS to fix compilation on Aarch64 with gcc10 (bsc#1172686).
  • Add Require for nodejs8 when intalling npm8 (bsc#1172728)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Web and Scripting Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP2-2020-2800=1

Package List:

  • Web and Scripting Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • npm8-8.17.0-10.3.1
    • nodejs8-debuginfo-8.17.0-10.3.1
    • nodejs8-devel-8.17.0-10.3.1
    • nodejs8-8.17.0-10.3.1
    • nodejs8-debugsource-8.17.0-10.3.1
  • Web and Scripting Module 15-SP2 (noarch)
    • nodejs8-docs-8.17.0-10.3.1

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