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Fedora 25: 2016-43ff70c6b1 Moderate: Node.js Wildcard Certificate Issue

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 25 has received a critical Node.js security patch addressing vulnerabilities in wildcard certificate verification. Ensure your system is updated for improved security.
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.7.0/

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:

https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v6.7.0/

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora security fix certificate issue nodejs

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1379921 - CVE-2016-7099 nodejs: wildcard certificates not properly validated https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1379921

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 .

Name: nodejs
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 6.7.0
Release: 107.fc25
URL: https://nodejs.org/en/
Summary: JavaScript runtime

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora security fix certificate issue nodejs

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