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Node.js -- November 2020 Security Releases

Affected packages
	node	<	15.2.1
	node14	<	14.15.1
	node12	<	12.19.1

Details

VuXML ID	ad792169-2aa4-11eb-ab71-0022489ad614
Discovery	2020-11-16
Entry	2020-11-21

Node.js reports:

Updates are now available for v12.x, v14.x and v15.x Node.js release lines for the following issues.

Denial of Service through DNS request (CVE-2020-8277)

A Node.js application that allows an attacker to trigger a DNS request for a host of their choice could trigger a Denial of service by getting the application to resolve a DNS record with a larger number of responses.

[source]

References

CVE Name	CVE-2020-8277
URL	https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2020-security-releases/