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authorRich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>2018-10-19 11:07:50 -0700
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doc: revise security-reporting example text
Edit for simplicity and clarity. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23759 Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Matheus Marchini <mat@mmarchini.me> Reviewed-By: Vladimir de Turckheim <vlad2t@hotmail.com> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
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### Public disclosure preferred
- [#14519](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/14519): _Internal domain
- function can be used to cause segfaults_. Causing program termination using
- either the public JavaScript APIs or the private bindings layer APIs requires
- the ability to execute arbitrary JavaScript code, which is already the highest
- level of privilege possible.
+ function can be used to cause segfaults_. Requires the ability to execute
+ arbitrary JavaScript code. That is already the highest level of privilege
+ possible.
- [#12141](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12141): _buffer: zero fill
- Buffer(num) by default_. The buffer constructor behavior was documented,
- but found to be prone to [mis-use](https://snyk.io/blog/exploiting-buffer/).
- It has since been changed, but despite much debate, was not considered misuse
- prone enough to justify fixing in older release lines and breaking our
- API stability contract.
+ Buffer(num) by default_. The documented `Buffer()` behavior was prone to
+ [misuse](https://snyk.io/blog/exploiting-buffer/). It has since changed. It
+ was not deemed serious enough to fix in older releases and breaking API
+ stability.
### Private disclosure preferred