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openSUSE: Security Advisory for nodejs (openSUSE-SU-2016:2496-1)

🗓️ 12 Oct 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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Security update for nodejs on openSUSE Leap 42.1 and openSUSE 13.2. Includes new upstream nodejs LTS version 4.6.0 and fixes multiple CVEs related to openssl, http, tls, and buffer

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.851406");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-10-12 05:46:13 +0200 (Wed, 12 Oct 2016)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1669", "CVE-2016-2178", "CVE-2016-2183", "CVE-2016-5325",
                "CVE-2016-6304", "CVE-2016-6306", "CVE-2016-7052", "CVE-2016-7099");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-08-16 13:18:00 +0000 (Tue, 16 Aug 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("openSUSE: Security Advisory for nodejs (openSUSE-SU-2016:2496-1)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'nodejs'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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()");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"nodejs on openSUSE Leap 42.1, openSUSE 13.2");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_xref(name:"openSUSE-SU", value:"2016:2496-1");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=openSUSE13\.2");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "openSUSE13.2")
{

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nodejs", rpm:"nodejs~4.6.0~24.2", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nodejs-debuginfo", rpm:"nodejs-debuginfo~4.6.0~24.2", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nodejs-debugsource", rpm:"nodejs-debugsource~4.6.0~24.2", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nodejs-devel", rpm:"nodejs-devel~4.6.0~24.2", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nodejs-doc", rpm:"nodejs-doc~4.6.0~24.2", rls:"openSUSE13.2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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