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openSUSE: 2023:3379-1 Important: Nodejs16 Permissions Issues

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Calendar Grey August 22, 2023
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An important security patch for nodejs16 addresses multiple security flaws and improves overall system performance on openSUSE environments.
This update for nodejs16 fixes the following issues: Update to LTS version 16.20.2.

Description

This update for nodejs16 fixes the following issues:

Update to LTS version 16.20.2.

* CVE-2023-32002: Fixed permissions policies bypass via Module._load

(bsc#1214150).

* CVE-2023-32006: Fixed permissions policies impersonation using

module.constructor.createRequire() (bsc#1214156).

* CVE-2023-32559: Fixed permissions policies bypass via process.binding

(bsc#1214154).

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update important permissions issue threat mitigation openSUSE nodejs16

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Important 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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-3379=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.4-2023-3379=1

* Web and Scripting Module 15-SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP4-2023-3379=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* corepack16-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* nodejs16-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* nodejs16-debuginfo-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* nodejs16-devel-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* npm16-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* nodejs16-debugsource-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* nodejs16-docs-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* Web and Scripting Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* nodejs16-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* nodejs16-debuginfo-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* nodejs16-devel-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* npm16-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* nodejs16-debugsource-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

* Web and Scripting Module 15-SP4 (noarch)

* nodejs16-docs-16.20.2-150400.3.24.1

References

* #1214150

* #1214154

* #1214156

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32002.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32006.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32559.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214150

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214154

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214156

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:3379-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

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