1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4783-1

USN-4783-1: minimatch vulnerability

Publication date

15 March 2021

Overview

minimatch could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • node-minimatch - Convert glob expressions into RegExp objects for Node.js

Details

It was discovered that minimatch did not perform necessary bounds checking
on regular expressions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a
denial of service.

It was discovered that minimatch did not perform necessary bounds checking
on regular expressions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a
denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial node-minimatch –  1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
14.04 trusty node-minimatch –  0.2.12-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  

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