In all versions of Node.js 10 prior to 10.9.0, an argument processing flaw can cause `Buffer.alloc()` to return uninitialized memory. This method is intended to be safe and only return initialized, or cleared, memory. The third argument specifying `encoding` can be passed as a number, this is misinterpreted by `Buffer's` internal "fill" method as the `start` to a fill operation. This flaw may be abused where `Buffer.alloc()` arguments are derived from user input to return uncleared memory blocks that may contain sensitive information.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade nodeUpgrade node8Upgrade node6 | Aug 28, 2018 | Aug 25, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade nodejs10-docsUpgrade nodejs10Upgrade nodejs10-develUpgrade npm10 | Feb 4, 2022 | Aug 21, 2018 |
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