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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-3517): minimatch vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-3517): minimatch vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/17/2022
Created
05/19/2023
Added
05/19/2023
Modified
05/19/2023

Description

A vulnerability was found in the minimatch package. This flaw allows a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when calling the braceExpand function with specific arguments, resulting in a Denial of Service.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-node-minimatch

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