openSUSE Security Update: Security update for nodejs6
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1962-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1091764 #1097375
Cross-References: CVE-2018-7167
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
is now available.

Description:

This update for nodejs6 to version 6.14.3 fixes the following issues:

The following security vulnerability was addressed:

– Fixed a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in Buffer.fill(), which
could hang when being called (CVE-2018-7167, bsc#1097375).

The following other changes were made:

– Use absolute paths in executable shebang lines
– Fixed building with ICU61.1 (bsc#1091764)

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

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-2018-723=1

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

nodejs6-6.14.3-12.1
nodejs6-debuginfo-6.14.3-12.1
nodejs6-debugsource-6.14.3-12.1
nodejs6-devel-6.14.3-12.1
npm6-6.14.3-12.1

– openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):

nodejs6-docs-6.14.3-12.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7167.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1091764
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1097375

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