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2016-10-18, Version 4.6.1 'Argon' (LTS), @rvagg

This is a security release. All Node.js users should consult the security release summary at https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/october-2016-security-releases/ for details on patched vulnerabilities.

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  • [f3c63e7ccf] - deps: avoid single-byte buffer overwrite (Daniel Stenberg) #8849

Incorrect string length calculation when passing escaped dot.

- CVE: CVE-2016-5180
- Upstream bug: https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html

Ref: nodejs#9037
PR-URL: nodejs#8849
Reviewed-By: Myles Borins <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Johan Bergström <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Fedor Indutny <[email protected]>
@nodejs-github-bot nodejs-github-bot added cares Issues and PRs related to the c-ares dependency or the cares_wrap binding. meta Issues and PRs related to the general management of the project. v4.x labels Oct 18, 2016
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rvagg commented Oct 18, 2016

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lgtm

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LGTM

rvagg added 2 commits October 19, 2016 00:48
PR-URL: nodejs#9155
Reviewed-By: Johan Bergström <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: João Reis <[email protected]>
This is a security release. All Node.js users should consult the security
release summary at
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/october-2016-security-releases/
for details on patched vulnerabilities.

Notable changes:

* c-ares: fix for single-byte buffer overwrite, CVE-2016-5180, more
  information at https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html (Daniel Stenberg)

PR-URL: nodejs#9153
rvagg added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 18, 2016
This is a security release. All Node.js users should consult the security
release summary at
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/october-2016-security-releases/
for details on patched vulnerabilities.

Notable changes:

* c-ares: fix for single-byte buffer overwrite, CVE-2016-5180, more
  information at https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html (Daniel Stenberg)

PR-URL: #9153
rvagg added a commit that referenced this pull request Oct 18, 2016
This is a security release. All Node.js users should consult the security
release summary at
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/october-2016-security-releases/
for details on patched vulnerabilities.

Notable changes:

* c-ares: fix for single-byte buffer overwrite, CVE-2016-5180, more
  information at https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html (Daniel Stenberg)

PR-URL: #9153
@rvagg rvagg closed this Oct 19, 2016
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