vulnerability

Alma Linux: CVE-2020-8252: Moderate: nodejs:12 security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 18, 2020
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
Apr 17, 2026

Description

The implementation of realpath in libuv < 10.22.1, < 12.18.4, and < 14.9.0 used within Node.js incorrectly determined the buffer size which can result in a buffer overflow if the resolved path is longer than 256 bytes.

Solutions

alma-upgrade-nodejs-nodemonalma-upgrade-nodejs-packaging
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