DSA-4696-1 nodejs -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4696-1 nodejs -- security update

Date Reported:

06 Jun 2020

Affected Packages:

nodejs

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 962145.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-8174, CVE-2020-11080.

More information:

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Node.js, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 10.21.0~dfsg-1~deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your nodejs packages.

For the detailed security status of nodejs please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/nodejs