Wednesday, 21 November, 2018 UTC
Summary
Summary
Node.js will release new versions of all supported release lines on, or shortly after, November 27th, 2018 UTC. These releases will incorporate a number of security fixes specific to Node.js, as well as the updates to OpenSSL that were released today, November 20th, 2018.
OpenSSL 1.0.2q and 1.1.0j include fixes for previously disclosed low-severity timing vulnerabilities. See the OpenSSL release announcement.
ImpactReleases for all actively supported release lines will be made available to fix the following vulnerabilities.
- All versions of Node.js 6.x (LTS "Boron") are vulnerable to 1 Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability, and 4 Data Confidentiality and Integrity vulnerabilities, the highest severity being High.
- All versions of Node.js 8.x (LTS "Carbon") are vulnerable to 1 Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability, and 4 Data Confidentiality and Integrity vulnerabilities, the highest severity being High.
- All versions of Node.js 10.x (LTS "Dubnium") are vulnerable to 1 Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability, and 3 Data Confidentiality and Integrity vulnerabilities, the highest severity being High.
- All versions of Node.js 11.x (Current) are vulnerable to 1 Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability, and 3 Data Confidentiality and Integrity vulnerability, the highest severity being High.
Releases will be available at, or shortly after, the 27th of November, 2018 UTC, along with disclosure of the details for the flaws addressed in each release in order to allow for complete impact assessment by users.
Contact and future updatesThe current Node.js security policy can be found at https://nodejs.org/en/security/.
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