# Security update for nodejs20 Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4300-1 Release Date: 2024-12-12T08:10:17Z Rating: moderate References: * bsc#1233856 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-21538 CVSS scores: * CVE-2024-21538 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N * CVE-2024-21538 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H * CVE-2024-21538 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 * Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed. ## Description: This update for nodejs20 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-21538: Fixed regular expression denial of service in cross-spawn dependency (bsc#1233856) Other fixes: \- Updated to 20.18.1: * Experimental Network Inspection Support in Node.js * Exposes X509_V_FLAG_PARTIAL_CHAIN to tls.createSecureContext * New option for vm.createContext() to create a context with a freezable globalThis * buffer: optimize createFromString \- Changes in 20.17.0: * module: support require()ing synchronous ESM graphs * path: add matchesGlob method * stream: expose DuplexPair API \- Changes in 20.16.0: * process: add process.getBuiltinModule(id) * inspector: fix disable async hooks on Debugger.setAsyncCallStackDepth * buffer: add .bytes() method to Blob ## 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 15.5 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-4300=1 SUSE-2024-4300=1 * Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP5-2024-4300=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * npm20-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * nodejs20-debugsource-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * nodejs20-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * nodejs20-debuginfo-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * nodejs20-devel-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * corepack20-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch) * nodejs20-docs-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * npm20-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * nodejs20-debugsource-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * nodejs20-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * nodejs20-debuginfo-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * nodejs20-devel-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 * Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 (noarch) * nodejs20-docs-20.18.1-150500.11.15.1 ## References: * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21538.html * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233856