SUSE-SU-2016:2470-2

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2470-2

    Published: 6 Oct 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for nodejs4

    Details: This update brings the new upstream nodejs LTS version 4.6.0, fixing bugs and security issues: * Nodejs embedded openssl version update + upgrade to 1.0.2j (CVE-2016-6304, CVE-2016-2183, CVE-2016-2178, CVE-2016-6306, CVE-2016-7052) + remove support for dynamic 3rd party engine modules * http: Properly validate for allowable characters in input user data. This introduces a new case where throw may occur when configuring HTTP responses, users should already be adopting try/catch here. (CVE-2016-5325, bsc#985201) * tls: properly validate wildcard certificates (CVE-2016-7099, bsc#1001652) * buffer: Zero-fill excess bytes in new Buffer objects created with Buffer.concat()

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162470-2/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1001652, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985201, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2178, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2183, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5325, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6304, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6306, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7052, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7099

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nodejs4

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/nodejs4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Web%20and%20Scripting%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.6.0-8.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High