This update for nodejs18 fixes the following issues:
* CVE-2024-21538: Fixed regular expression denial of service in cross-spawn
dependency (bsc#1233856)
Other fixes: \- Update to 18.20.5 * esm: mark import attributes and JSON module
as stable * deps: \+ upgrade npm to 10.8.2 \+ update simdutf to 5.6.0 \+ update
brotli to 1.1.0 \+ update ada to 2.8.0 \+ update acorn to 8.13.0 \+ update
acorn-walk to 8.3.4 \+ update c-ares to 1.29.0
## 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:
* openSUSE Leap 15.4
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-4301=1
* openSUSE Leap 15.5
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-4301=1
* Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP5-2024-4301=1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
* corepack18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* nodejs18-devel-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* nodejs18-debugsource-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* npm18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* nodejs18-debuginfo-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* nodejs18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
* nodejs18-docs-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* corepack18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* nodejs18-devel-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* nodejs18-debugsource-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* npm18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* nodejs18-debuginfo-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* nodejs18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
* nodejs18-docs-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* nodejs18-debugsource-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* nodejs18-devel-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* npm18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* nodejs18-debuginfo-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* nodejs18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1
* Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
*...
Read the Full Advisory* bsc#1233856
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21538.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233856
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