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Fedora 24 Node.js Important Man-in-the-Middle Vuln 2016-6ab2d29fba

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Calendar Grey April 6, 2016
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Node.js received critical updates in Fedora 24 to address a man-in-the-middle issue in npm. Ensure project security with timely updates!
Update Node.js to the 5.x stable branch This update also includes a fix for a man-in-the-middle vulnerability in npm.

Summary

Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime

for easily building fast, scalable network applications.

Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that

makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive

real-time applications that run across distributed devices.

Update Information:

Update Node.js to the 5.x stable branch This update also includes a fix for a man-in-the-middle vulnerability in npm.

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora important man-in-the-middle nodejs npm

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1300103 - nodejs-bl-1.1.2 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300103

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update nodejs' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: nodejs
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 5.10.0
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://nodejs.org/en/
Summary: JavaScript runtime

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora important man-in-the-middle nodejs npm

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