Node.js News — October 2nd

Node.js v4.1.2 release proposal

Node.js v4.1.2 Release proposal

This week we have one release proposal: Node.js v4.1.2, complete changelog from previous releases can be found on GitHub.

Node.js v4.1.2 Notable changes

• buffer: Fixed a bug introduced in v4.1.0 where allocating a new zero-length buffer can result in the next allocation of a TypedArray in JavaScript not being zero-filled. In certain circumstances this could result in data leakage via reuse of memory space in TypedArrays, breaking the normally safe assumption that TypedArrays should be always zero-filled. (Trevor Norris) #2931.
• http: Guard against response-splitting of HTTP trailing headers added via response.addTrailers() by removing new-line ([\r\n]) characters from values. Note that standard header values are already stripped of new-line characters. The expected security impact is low because trailing headers are rarely used. (Ben Noordhuis) #2945.
• npm: Upgrade to npm 2.14.4 from 2.14.3, see release notes for full details (Kat Marchán) #2958
  • Upgrades graceful-fs on multiple dependencies to no longer rely on monkey-patching fs
  • Fix npm link for pre-release / RC builds of Node
• v8: Update post-mortem metadata to allow post-mortem debugging tools to find and inspect:
  • JavaScript objects that use dictionary properties (Julien Gilli) #2959
  • ScopeInfo and thus closures (Julien Gilli) #2974

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Known issues

See https://github.com/nodejs/node/labels/confirmed-bug for complete and current list of known issues.

• Some problems with unreferenced timers running during beforeExit are still to be resolved. See #1264.
• Surrogate pair in REPL can freeze terminal. #690
• Calling dns.setServers() while a DNS query is in progress can cause the process to crash on a failed assertion. #894
• url.resolve may transfer the auth portion of the url when resolving between two full hosts, see #1435.

Security Updates

• CVE-2015-7384 Denial of Service Vulnerability, "A new v4.x release on Monday the 5th of October 2015 will be made available with appropriate fixes for this vulnerability along with disclosure of the details of the bug to allow for complete impact assessment by users"
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• StrongLoop introduces Arrow functions, "Arrow functions serve two main purposes: more concise syntax and sharing lexical this with the parent scope."

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Upcoming Events

• Node.js Italian Conference tickets are on sale, October 10th at Desenzano - Brescia, Italy
• JSConf CO, October 16th - 17th at Ruta N, Medellin, Colombia
• EmpireNode, October 23rd at New York, US.
• NodeFest, November 7th at Tokyo, Japan
• Nodevember, November 14th - 15th at Nashville, Tennessee, US.
• NodeConf Barcelona, November 21st at Barcelona, Spain
• CampJS VI, November 20 – 23th at Queensland, Australia
• Playnode, call-for-proposals, November, Korea
• Node.js Interactive, December 8-9 at Portland, US.

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