diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a8ff0965eeb278..c063af8db0f218 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+2016-10-18, Version 0.10.48 (Maintenance), @rvagg
+
+This is a security release. All Node.js users should consult the security release summary at https://nodejs.org/en/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 (Rod Vagg)
+
+Commits:
+
+* [a14a6a3a11] - deps: c-ares, avoid single-byte buffer overwrite (Rod Vagg) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9108
+* [b798f598af] - tls: fix minor jslint failure (Rod Vagg) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9107
+* [92b232ba01] - win,build: try multiple timeservers when signing (Rod Vagg) https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9155
+
 2016-09-27, Version 0.10.47 (Maintenance), @rvagg
 
 This is a security release. All Node.js users should consult the security release summary at https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/september-2016-security-releases/ for details on patched vulnerabilities.
diff --git a/deps/cares/src/ares_mkquery.c b/deps/cares/src/ares_mkquery.c
index e33f13ff223216..eabd7ef531b9b5 100644
--- a/deps/cares/src/ares_mkquery.c
+++ b/deps/cares/src/ares_mkquery.c
@@ -86,56 +86,29 @@
  */
 
 int ares_mkquery(const char *name, int dnsclass, int type, unsigned short id,
-                 int rd, unsigned char **buf, int *buflen)
+                 int rd, unsigned char **bufp, int *buflenp)
 {
-  int len;
+  size_t len;
   unsigned char *q;
   const char *p;
+  size_t buflen;
+  unsigned char *buf;
 
   /* Set our results early, in case we bail out early with an error. */
-  *buflen = 0;
-  *buf = NULL;
+  *buflenp = 0;
+  *bufp = NULL;
 
-  /* Compute the length of the encoded name so we can check buflen.
-   * Start counting at 1 for the zero-length label at the end. */
-  len = 1;
-  for (p = name; *p; p++)
-    {
-      if (*p == '\\' && *(p + 1) != 0)
-        p++;
-      len++;
-    }
-  /* If there are n periods in the name, there are n + 1 labels, and
-   * thus n + 1 length fields, unless the name is empty or ends with a
-   * period.  So add 1 unless name is empty or ends with a period.
-   */
-  if (*name && *(p - 1) != '.')
-    len++;
-
-  /* Immediately reject names that are longer than the maximum of 255
-   * bytes that's specified in RFC 1035 ("To simplify implementations,
-   * the total length of a domain name (i.e., label octets and label
-   * length octets) is restricted to 255 octets or less."). We aren't
-   * doing this just to be a stickler about RFCs. For names that are
-   * too long, 'dnscache' closes its TCP connection to us immediately
-   * (when using TCP) and ignores the request when using UDP, and
-   * BIND's named returns ServFail (TCP or UDP). Sending a request
-   * that we know will cause 'dnscache' to close the TCP connection is
-   * painful, since that makes any other outstanding requests on that
-   * connection fail. And sending a UDP request that we know
-   * 'dnscache' will ignore is bad because resources will be tied up
-   * until we time-out the request.
+  /* Allocate a memory area for the maximum size this packet might need. +2
+   * is for the length byte and zero termination if no dots or ecscaping is
+   * used.
    */
-  if (len > MAXCDNAME)
-    return ARES_EBADNAME;
-
-  *buflen = len + HFIXEDSZ + QFIXEDSZ;
-  *buf = malloc(*buflen);
-  if (!*buf)
-      return ARES_ENOMEM;
+  len = strlen(name) + 2 + HFIXEDSZ + QFIXEDSZ;
+  buf = malloc(len);
+  if (!buf)
+    return ARES_ENOMEM;
 
   /* Set up the header. */
-  q = *buf;
+  q = buf;
   memset(q, 0, HFIXEDSZ);
   DNS_HEADER_SET_QID(q, id);
   DNS_HEADER_SET_OPCODE(q, QUERY);
@@ -155,8 +128,10 @@ int ares_mkquery(const char *name, int dnsclass, int type, unsigned short id,
   q += HFIXEDSZ;
   while (*name)
     {
-      if (*name == '.')
+      if (*name == '.') {
+        free (buf);
         return ARES_EBADNAME;
+      }
 
       /* Count the number of bytes in this label. */
       len = 0;
@@ -166,8 +141,10 @@ int ares_mkquery(const char *name, int dnsclass, int type, unsigned short id,
             p++;
           len++;
         }
-      if (len > MAXLABEL)
+      if (len > MAXLABEL) {
+        free (buf);
         return ARES_EBADNAME;
+      }
 
       /* Encode the length and copy the data. */
       *q++ = (unsigned char)len;
@@ -191,5 +168,22 @@ int ares_mkquery(const char *name, int dnsclass, int type, unsigned short id,
   DNS_QUESTION_SET_TYPE(q, type);
   DNS_QUESTION_SET_CLASS(q, dnsclass);
 
+  q += QFIXEDSZ;
+
+  buflen = (q - buf);
+
+  /* Reject names that are longer than the maximum of 255 bytes that's
+   * specified in RFC 1035 ("To simplify implementations, the total length of
+   * a domain name (i.e., label octets and label length octets) is restricted
+   * to 255 octets or less."). */
+  if (buflen > (MAXCDNAME + HFIXEDSZ + QFIXEDSZ)) {
+    free (buf);
+    return ARES_EBADNAME;
+  }
+
+  /* we know this fits in an int at this point */
+  *buflenp = (int) buflen;
+  *bufp = buf;
+
   return ARES_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/lib/tls.js b/lib/tls.js
index 588dce3139e378..3e7bcc2d5522d0 100644
--- a/lib/tls.js
+++ b/lib/tls.js
@@ -135,9 +135,10 @@ function check(hostParts, pattern, wildcards) {
     return false;
 
   // Check host parts from right to left first.
-  for (var i = hostParts.length - 1; i > 0; i -= 1)
+  for (var i = hostParts.length - 1; i > 0; i -= 1) {
     if (hostParts[i] !== patternParts[i])
       return false;
+  }
 
   var hostSubdomain = hostParts[0];
   var patternSubdomain = patternParts[0];
diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h
index cb2f19c221b256..c03cc8bb9ac322 100644
--- a/src/node_version.h
+++ b/src/node_version.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #define NODE_MINOR_VERSION 10
 #define NODE_PATCH_VERSION 48
 
-#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 0
+#define NODE_VERSION_IS_RELEASE 1
 
 #ifndef NODE_STRINGIFY
 #define NODE_STRINGIFY(n) NODE_STRINGIFY_HELPER(n)
diff --git a/tools/sign.bat b/tools/sign.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..aa003bca681eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/sign.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+@echo off
+
+set timeservers=(http://timestamp.globalsign.com/scripts/timestamp.dll http://timestamp.comodoca.com/authenticode http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timestamp.dll http://tsa.starfieldtech.com)
+
+for %%s in %timeservers% do (
+    signtool sign /a /d "node" /t %%s %1
+    if not ERRORLEVEL 1 (
+        echo Successfully signed %1 using timeserver %%s
+        exit /b 0
+    )
+    echo Signing %1 failed using %%s
+)
+
+echo Could not sign %1 using any available timeserver
+exit /b 1
diff --git a/vcbuild.bat b/vcbuild.bat
index adf54eb659568b..b9f386740fdcdc 100644
--- a/vcbuild.bat
+++ b/vcbuild.bat
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ if errorlevel 1 goto exit
 @rem Skip signing if the `nosign` option was specified.
 if defined nosign goto licensertf
 
-signtool sign /a /d "node" /t http://timestamp.globalsign.com/scripts/timestamp.dll Release\node.exe
+call tools\sign.bat Release\node.exe
 if errorlevel 1 echo Failed to sign exe&goto exit
 
 :licensertf
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ msbuild "%~dp0tools\msvs\msi\nodemsi.sln" /m /t:Clean,Build /p:PlatformToolset=%
 if errorlevel 1 goto exit
 
 if defined nosign goto upload
-signtool sign /a /d "node" /t http://timestamp.globalsign.com/scripts/timestamp.dll node-v%FULLVERSION%-%target_arch%.msi
+call tools\sign.bat node-v%FULLVERSION%-%target_arch%.msi
 if errorlevel 1 echo Failed to sign msi&goto exit
 
 :upload