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Node.js 5.1.1 (Current)

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Node.js 5.1.1 is described as an important security release. It upgrades OpenSSL to 1.0.2e and includes fixes for HTTP and V8 issues with potential denial-of-service or out-of-bounds-read impacts.

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Security context

This is an important security release. All Node.js users should consult our December Security Release Summary for details on patched vulnerabilities. Notable changes(/ http: Fix a bug where an HTTP socket may no longer have an associated parser but a pipelined request triggers a pause or resume, a potential denial-of-service vector. (Fedor Indutny) openssl: Upgrade to 1.0.2e, containing fixes for: CVE-2015-3193 "BN_mod_exp may produce incorrect results on x86_64", an attack may be feasible against a Node.js TLS server using DHE key exchange. Details are available at http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20151203.txt. CVE-2015-3194 "Certificate verify crash with missing PSS parameter", a potential denial-of-service vector for Node.js TLS servers using client authentication; TLS clients are also impacted. Details are available at http://openssl.org/news/secadv/20151203.txt. (Shigeki Ohtsu) #4134 v8: Backport fixes for a bug in JSON.stringify() that can result in out-of-bounds reads for arrays.

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Node.js 5.1.1 (Current)
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Fixed versions
5.1.1
Node.js 5.1.1 (Current)
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Related CVEs
CVE-2015-3193
CVE-2015-3193 "BN_mod_exp may produce incorrect results on x86_64"
CVE-2015-3194
CVE-2015-3194 "Certificate verify crash with missing PSS parameter"

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