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openSUSE 42.3: 2018:2667-1 Moderate: Nodejs4 DoS Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 8, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This patch addresses several concerns impacting nodejs4 on openSUSE, incorporating multiple improvements and adjustments.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available.

Description

This update for nodejs4 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)

- Use absolute paths in executable shebang lines

- Fix building with ICU61.1 (bsc#1091764)

- Install license with %license, not %doc (bsc#1082318)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Patch

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 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-991=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

nodejs4-4.9.1-17.1

nodejs4-debuginfo-4.9.1-17.1

nodejs4-debugsource-4.9.1-17.1

nodejs4-devel-4.9.1-17.1

npm4-4.9.1-17.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

nodejs4-docs-4.9.1-17.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-0732.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12115.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082318

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1091764

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1097158

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1097748

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1105019

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2667-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 le.

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