Security update for nodejs8

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:0118-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-12116 ( SUSE ): 4.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12116 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12116 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12121 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-12121 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-12121 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-12122 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-12122 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-12122 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-12123 ( SUSE ): 5.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12123 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12123 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • Web and Scripting Module 15

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for nodejs8 to version 8.15.0 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • 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)

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
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-2019-118=1

Package List:

  • Web and Scripting Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • nodejs8-debuginfo-8.15.0-3.11.1
    • nodejs8-8.15.0-3.11.1
    • nodejs8-devel-8.15.0-3.11.1
    • nodejs8-debugsource-8.15.0-3.11.1
    • npm8-8.15.0-3.11.1
  • Web and Scripting Module 15 (noarch)
    • nodejs8-docs-8.15.0-3.11.1

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