Notable Changes
* https:
- Under certain conditions ssl sockets may have been causing a memory
leak when keepalive is enabled. This is no longer the case.
- (Alexander Penev) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5713
* lib:
- The way that we were internally passing arguments was causing a
potential leak. By copying the arguments into an array we can avoid this
- (Nathan Woltman) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4361
* npm:
- Upgrade to v2.15.1. Fixes a security flaw in the use of authentication
tokens in HTTP requests that would allow an attacker to set up a server
that could collect tokens from users of the command-line interface.
Authentication tokens have previously been sent with every request made
by the CLI for logged-in users, regardless of the destination of the
request. This update fixes this by only including those tokens for
requests made against the registry or registries used for the current
install. (Forrest L Norvell)
* repl:
- Previously if you were using the repl in strict mode the column number
would be wrong in a stack trace. This is no longer an issue.
- (Prince J Wesley) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5416
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5961
## 2016-03-31, Version 4.4.2 'Argon' (LTS), @thealphanerd
### Notable Changes
* **https**:
- Under certain conditions ssl sockets may have been causing a memory leak when keepalive is enabled. This is no longer the case. (Alexander Penev) [#5713](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5713)
* **lib**:
- The way that we were internally passing arguments was causing a potential leak. By copying the arguments into an array we can avoid this. (Nathan Woltman) [#4361](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4361)
* **npm**:
- Upgrade to v2.15.1. Fixes a security flaw in the use of authentication tokens in HTTP requests that would allow an attacker to set up a server that could collect tokens from users of the command-line interface. Authentication tokens have previously been sent with every request made by the CLI for logged-in users, regardless of the destination of the request. This update fixes this by only including those tokens for requests made against the registry or registries used for the current install. (Forrest L Norvell)
* **repl**:
- Previously if you were using the repl in strict mode the column number would be wrong in a stack trace. This is no longer an issue. (Prince J Wesley) [#5416](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5416)
### Commits
* [[`96e163a79f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/96e163a79f)] - **buffer**: changing let in for loops back to var (Gareth Ellis) [#5819](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5819)
* [[`0c6f6742f2`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/0c6f6742f2)] - **console**: check that stderr is writable (Rich Trott) [#5635](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5635)
* [[`55c3f804c4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/55c3f804c4)] - **deps**: upgrade npm in LTS to 2.15.1 (Forrest L Norvell)
* [[`d55599f4d8`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/d55599f4d8)] - **dns**: use template literals (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#5809](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5809)
* [[`42bbdc9dd1`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/42bbdc9dd1)] - **doc** Add @mhdawson back to the CTC (James M Snell) [#5633](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5633)
* [[`60ddab841e`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/60ddab841e)] - **doc**: add instructions to only sign a release (Jeremiah Senkpiel) [#5876](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5876)
* [[`040263e0f3`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/040263e0f3)] - **doc**: grammar, clarity and links in timers doc (Bryan English) [#5792](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5792)
* [[`8c24bd25a6`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8c24bd25a6)] - **doc**: fix order of end tags of list after heading (firedfox) [#5874](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5874)
* [[`7c837028da`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/7c837028da)] - **doc**: use consistent event name parameter (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#5850](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5850)
* [[`20faf9097d`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/20faf9097d)] - **doc**: explain error message on missing main file (Wolfgang Steiner) [#5812](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5812)
* [[`bf1fe4693c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bf1fe4693c)] - **doc**: Add windows example for Path.format (Mithun Patel) [#5700](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5700)
* [[`3b8fc4fddc`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3b8fc4fddc)] - **doc**: update crypto docs to use good defaults (Bill Automata) [#5505](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5505)
* [[`b70ca4a4b4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/b70ca4a4b4)] - **doc**: updated fs #5862 removed irrelevant data in fs.markdown (topal) [#5877](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5877)
* [[`81876612f7`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/81876612f7)] - **https**: fix ssl socket leak when keepalive is used (Alexander Penev) [#5713](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5713)
* [[`3c8e59c396`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/3c8e59c396)] - **lib**: copy arguments object instead of leaking it (Nathan Woltman) [#4361](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/4361)
* [[`8648420586`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/8648420586)] - **net**: make `isIPv4` and `isIPv6` more efficient (Vladimir Kurchatkin) [#5478](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5478)
* [[`07b7172d76`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/07b7172d76)] - **net**: remove unused `var self = this` from old code (Benjamin Gruenbaum) [#5224](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5224)
* [[`acbce4b72b`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/acbce4b72b)] - **repl**: fix stack trace column number in strict mode (Prince J Wesley) [#5416](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5416)
* [[`e57355c2f4`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/e57355c2f4)] - **test**: make test-net-connect-options-ipv6.js better (Michael Dawson) [#5791](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5791)
* [[`1b266fc15c`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1b266fc15c)] - **test**: remove the use of curl in the test suite (Santiago Gimeno) [#5750](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/5750)
Myles Borins
9 years ago