# Security update for nodejs18 Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:4301-1 Release Date: 2024-12-12T08:10:45Z 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 15.4 * 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 nodejs18 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2024-21538: Fixed regular expression denial of service in cross-spawn dependency (bsc#1233856) Other fixes: \- Update to 18.20.5 * esm: mark import attributes and JSON module as stable * deps: \+ upgrade npm to 10.8.2 \+ update simdutf to 5.6.0 \+ update brotli to 1.1.0 \+ update ada to 2.8.0 \+ update acorn to 8.13.0 \+ update acorn-walk to 8.3.4 \+ update c-ares to 1.29.0 ## 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 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-4301=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-4301=1 * Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP5-2024-4301=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * corepack18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * nodejs18-devel-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * nodejs18-debugsource-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * npm18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * nodejs18-debuginfo-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * nodejs18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch) * nodejs18-docs-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * corepack18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * nodejs18-devel-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * nodejs18-debugsource-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * npm18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * nodejs18-debuginfo-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * nodejs18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch) * nodejs18-docs-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * nodejs18-debugsource-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * nodejs18-devel-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * npm18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * nodejs18-debuginfo-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * nodejs18-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 * Web and Scripting Module 15-SP5 (noarch) * nodejs18-docs-18.20.5-150400.9.30.1 ## References: * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21538.html * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233856