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		tptacek on May 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Node.js HTTP Server Security Vulnerability: Please... The impact of the bug is the same, and it's an idiosyncratic kind of memory corruption bug, which is why I thought the original flaw might have been inherited. Thanks for clearing it up.

aaronblohowiak on May 7, 2012 [–]

s/corruption/information leak

tptacek on May 7, 2012 | [–]

To my mind the exact same class of bugs, but you're not wrong to clarify. It's a particularly bad breed of "disclosure".

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