Security update for nodejs8

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2812-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-0732 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2018-0732 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-0732 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-12115 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-12115 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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 two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for nodejs8 to version 8.11.4 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2018-12115: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory write in Buffer that could be used to write to memory outside of a Buffer's memory space buffer (bsc#1105019)
  • Upgrade to OpenSSL 1.0.2p, which fixed:
  • CVE-2018-0732: Client denial-of-service due to large DH parameter (bsc#1097158)
  • ECDSA key extraction via local side-channel

Other changes made:

  • Recommend same major version npm package (bsc#1097748)
  • Fix parallel/test-tls-passphrase.js test to continue to function with older versions of OpenSSL library.

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-15-2018-1971=1

Package List:

  • Web and Scripting Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • nodejs8-8.11.4-3.8.2
    • nodejs8-devel-8.11.4-3.8.2
    • nodejs8-debuginfo-8.11.4-3.8.2
    • npm8-8.11.4-3.8.2
    • nodejs8-debugsource-8.11.4-3.8.2
  • Web and Scripting Module 15 (noarch)
    • nodejs8-docs-8.11.4-3.8.2

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