Bug 956901 (CVE-2015-8027) - VUL-0: CVE-2015-8027 nodejs: unspecified denial of service vulnerability
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2015-8027 nodejs: unspecified denial of service vulnerability
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2015-8027
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other openSUSE 42.1
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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Assignee: Joachim Gleissner
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/159140/
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Reported: 2015-11-27 07:42 UTC by Alexander Bergmann
Modified: 2016-01-15 18:14 UTC (History)
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Description Alexander Bergmann 2015-11-27 07:42:52 UTC 
rh#1285771

A denial of service flaw was reported in Node.js:

A bug exists in Node.js, all versions of v0.12.x through to v5.x inclusive, whereby an external attacker can cause a denial of service.

Full details of this vulnerability are embargoed until new releases are available on Wednesday the 2nd of December 2015, UTC (Tuesday the 1st of December US time).

The versions reported as vulnerable (0.12.x to 5.x) are not shipped in any Red Hat product. This bug will be updated with further information when more details are available.

External References:

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/cve-2015-8027_cve-2015-6764/


References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1285771
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-8027
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8027.html
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8027
Comment 1 Swamp Workflow Management 2015-11-27 23:00:14 UTC 
bugbot adjusting priority
Comment 2 Andreas Stieger 2016-01-15 14:43:12 UTC 
Releasing update, closing.
Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2016-01-15 18:14:39 UTC 
openSUSE-SU-2016:0138-1: An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 948045,956901,956902,961254
CVE References: CVE-2015-6764,CVE-2015-8027
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 42.1 (src):    nodejs-4.2.4-15.1
openSUSE 13.2 (src):    nodejs-4.2.4-9.1
openSUSE 13.1 (src):    nodejs-4.2.4-9.1