2021-08-31, Version 14.17.6 'Fermium' (LTS)

This is a security release.

Notable changes:

These are vulnerabilities in the node-tar, arborist, and npm cli modules which
are related to the initial reports and subsequent remediation of node-tar
vulnerabilities CVE-2021-32803 (GHSA-r628-mhmh-qjhw)
and CVE-2021-32804 (GHSA-3jfq-g458-7qm9).
Subsequent internal security review of node-tar and additional external bounty
reports have resulted in another 5 CVE being remediated in core npm CLI
dependencies including node-tar, and npm arborist.

You can read more about it in:

* CVE-2021-37701: GHSA-9r2w-394v-53qc
* CVE-2021-37712: GHSA-qq89-hq3f-393p
* CVE-2021-37713: GHSA-5955-9wpr-37jh
* CVE-2021-39134: GHSA-2h3h-q99f-3fhc
* CVE-2021-39135: GHSA-gmw6-94gg-2rc2

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs-private/node-private/pull/287

Author: MylesBorins

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ release.
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top">
-<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md#14.17.5">14.17.5</a></b><br/>
+<b><a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md#14.17.6">14.17.6</a></b><br/>
+<a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md#14.17.5">14.17.5</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md#14.17.4">14.17.4</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md#14.17.3">14.17.3</a><br/>
 <a href="doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md#14.17.2">14.17.2</a><br/>

doc/changelogs/CHANGELOG_V14.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td valign="top">
+<a href="#14.17.6">14.17.6</a><br/>
 <a href="#14.17.5">14.17.5</a><br/>
 <a href="#14.17.4">14.17.4</a><br/>
 <a href="#14.17.3">14.17.3</a><br/>
@@ -64,6 +65,35 @@
   * [io.js](CHANGELOG_IOJS.md)
   * [Archive](CHANGELOG_ARCHIVE.md)
 
+<a id="14.17.6"></a>
+## 2021-08-31, Version 14.17.6 'Fermium' (LTS), @MylesBorins
+
+This is a security release.
+
+### Notable Changes
+
+These are vulnerabilities in the node-tar, arborist, and npm cli modules which
+are related to the initial reports and subsequent remediation of node-tar
+vulnerabilities [CVE-2021-32803](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r628-mhmh-qjhw)
+and [CVE-2021-32804](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3jfq-g458-7qm9).
+Subsequent internal security review of node-tar and additional external bounty
+reports have resulted in another 5 CVE being remediated in core npm CLI
+dependencies including node-tar, and npm arborist.
+
+You can read more about it in:
+
+* [CVE-2021-37701](https://github.com/npm/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-9r2w-394v-53qc)
+* [CVE-2021-37712](https://github.com/npm/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-qq89-hq3f-393p)
+* [CVE-2021-37713](https://github.com/npm/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-5955-9wpr-37jh)
+* [CVE-2021-39134](https://github.com/npm/arborist/security/advisories/GHSA-2h3h-q99f-3fhc)
+* [CVE-2021-39135](https://github.com/npm/arborist/security/advisories/GHSA-gmw6-94gg-2rc2)
+
+### Commits
+
+* [[`5b3f70bfb5`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5b3f70bfb5)] - **deps**: update archs files for OpenSSL-1.1.1l (Richard Lau) [#39868](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39868)
+* [[`71372625ae`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/71372625ae)] - **deps**: upgrade openssl sources to 1.1.1l (Richard Lau) [#39868](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39868)
+* [[`4276984803`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/4276984803)] - **deps**: upgrade npm to 6.14.15 (Darcy Clarke) [#39856](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/39856)
+
 <a id="14.17.5"></a>
 ## 2021-08-11, Version 14.17.5 'Fermium' (LTS), @BethGriggs
 

src/node_version.h

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define NODE_VERSION_IS_LTS 1
 #define NODE_VERSION_LTS_CODENAME "Fermium"
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)