Debian Long Term Support / LTS Security Information / 2023 / Security Information -- DLA-3271-1 node-minimatch

Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3271-1 node-minimatch -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

15 Jan 2023

Affected Packages:

node-minimatch

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-3517.

More information:

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability was found in node-minimatch, a Node.js module used to convert glob expressions into RegExp objects, which could result in Denial of Service when calling the braceExpand() function with specific arguments.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.4-3+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your node-minimatch packages.

For the detailed security status of node-minimatch please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/node-minimatch

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS