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Bug#931376: debian-security-support: mention nodejs is not for untrusted content



package: debian-security-support
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On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 02:59:39PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> I just discovered this while triaging node-fstream:
> https://www.debian.org/releases/oldstable/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#libv8
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#libv8
> 
> "Unfortunately, this means that libv8-3.14, nodejs, and the associated
> node-* package ecosystem should not currently be used with untrusted
> content, such as unsanitized data from the Internet.
> In addition, these packages will not receive any security updates during
> the lifetime of the Jessie release."

ouch.

> I'm surprised that `grep -ir node` doesn't find any match in the
> 'debian-security-support' repo.
> Did I miss something or is it something we should do?

see above & thanks! :)


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