This update for nodejs8 to version 8.11.3 fixes the following issues:
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2018-7167: Calling Buffer.fill() or Buffer.alloc() with some
parameters could have lead to a hang which could have resulted in a DoS
(bsc#1097375).
- CVE-2018-7161: By interacting with the http2 server in a manner that
triggered a cleanup bug where objects are used in native code after they
are no longer available an attacker could have caused a denial of
service (DoS) by causing a node server providing an http2 server to
crash (bsc#1097404).
- CVE-2018-1000168: Fixed a denial of service vulnerability by unbundling
nghttp2 (bsc#1097401)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE 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:
- openSUSE Leap 15.0:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-724=1
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):
nodejs8-8.11.3-lp150.2.3.1
nodejs8-debuginfo-8.11.3-lp150.2.3.1
nodejs8-debugsource-8.11.3-lp150.2.3.1
nodejs8-devel-8.11.3-lp150.2.3.1
npm8-8.11.3-lp150.2.3.1
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):
nodejs8-docs-8.11.3-lp150.2.3.1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000168.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7161.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7167.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1091764
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1097375
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1097401
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1097404
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