SUSE-SU-2016:2470-2: important: Security update for nodejs4

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   SUSE Security Update: Security update for nodejs4
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2016:2470-2
Rating:             important
References:         #1001652 #985201 
Cross-References:   CVE-2016-2178 CVE-2016-2183 CVE-2016-5325
                    CVE-2016-6304 CVE-2016-6306 CVE-2016-7052
                    CVE-2016-7099
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 12
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   An update that fixes 7 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


   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()


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-12-2016-1439=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 12 (aarch64):

      nodejs4-4.6.0-8.1
      nodejs4-debuginfo-4.6.0-8.1
      nodejs4-debugsource-4.6.0-8.1
      nodejs4-devel-4.6.0-8.1
      npm4-4.6.0-8.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 12 (noarch):

      nodejs4-docs-4.6.0-8.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2178.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2183.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5325.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6304.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6306.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7052.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7099.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1001652
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/985201



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