CVE-2018-7167 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-7167: Calling Buffer.fill() or Buffer.alloc() with some parameters can lead to a hang which could result in a Denial of Service. In order to address this vulnerability, the implementations of Buffer.alloc() and Buffer.fill() were updated so that they zero fill instead of hanging in these cases. All versio

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-7167 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

nodejs→ fixed in10.15.0~dfsg-6urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nodejs
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

nodejs→ fixed in10.15.0~dfsg-6urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nodejs
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

nodejs→ fixed in10.15.0~dfsg-6urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nodejs
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

nodejs→ fixed in8.11.3-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade nodejs
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

nodejs→ fixed in8.11.3-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade nodejs
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

nodejs→ fixed in8.11.3-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade nodejs
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

nodejs→ fixed in8.11.3-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade nodejs
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

nodejs→ fixed in8.11.3-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade nodejs
```

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