{"id":"MGASA-2015-0186","summary":"Updated nodejs packages fix security vulnerabilities","details":"Updated nodejs package fixes security vulnerability:\n\nIt was found that libuv does not call setgoups before calling setuid/setgid.\nThis may potentially allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges\n(CVE-2015-0278).\n\nThe libuv library is bundled with nodejs, and a fixed version of libuv is\nincluded with nodejs as of version 0.10.37.  The nodejs package has been\nupdated to version 0.10.38 to fix this issue, as well as several other bugs.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:26:16.729887919Z","published":"2015-05-05T13:36:50Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-0278"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15405"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://blog.nodejs.org/2014/12/17/node-v0-10-34-stable/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://blog.nodejs.org/2014/12/23/node-v0-10-35-stable/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://blog.nodejs.org/2015/01/26/node-v0-10-36-stable/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://blog.nodejs.org/2015/03/14/node-v0-10-37-stable/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://blog.nodejs.org/2015/03/23/node-v0-10-38-maintenance/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150526.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nodejs","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/nodejs?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.10.38-1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0186.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}