---
date: '2016-10-18T17:04:37.450Z'
category: release
title: Node.js 4.6.1 (LTS)
layout: blog-post
author: Rod Vagg
---

This is a security release. All Node.js users should consult the security release summary at /blog/vulnerability/october-2016-security-releases/ for details on patched vulnerabilities.

### Notable Changes

- **c-ares**: fix for single-byte buffer overwrite, CVE-2016-5180, more information at <https://c-ares.haxx.se/adv_20160929.html> (Daniel Stenberg)

### Commits

- \[[`f3c63e7ccf`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/f3c63e7ccf)] - **deps**: avoid single-byte buffer overwrite (Daniel Stenberg) [#8849](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8849)
- \[[`5a0daa6c2f`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/5a0daa6c2f)] - **win,build**: try multiple timeservers when signing (Rod Vagg) [#9155](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9155)

Windows 32-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1-x86.msi \
Windows 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1-x64.msi \
Windows 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/win-x86/node.exe \
Windows 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/win-x64/node.exe \
macOS 64-bit Installer: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1.pkg \
macOS 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1-darwin-x64.tar.gz \
Linux 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1-linux-x86.tar.xz \
Linux 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1-linux-x64.tar.xz \
Linux PPC LE 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1-linux-ppc64le.tar.xz \
SmartOS 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1-sunos-x86.tar.xz \
SmartOS 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1-sunos-x64.tar.xz \
ARMv6 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1-linux-armv6l.tar.xz \
ARMv7 32-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1-linux-armv7l.tar.xz \
ARMv8 64-bit Binary: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1-linux-arm64.tar.xz \
Source Code: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/node-v4.6.1.tar.gz \
Other release files: https://nodejs.org/dist/v4.6.1/ \
Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v4.6.1/api/

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