Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting nodejs-devel package, versions <1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874

Q: How to fix?

<p>Upgrade <code>Oracle:8</code> <code>nodejs-devel</code> to version 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ELSA-2023-1743</code>.</p>

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0.18% (56^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-NODEJSDEVEL-3166251
published 8 Dec 2022
disclosed 17 Oct 2022

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Introduced: 17 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-3517 Open this link in a new tab CWE-1333 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 nodejs-devel to version 1:14.21.3-1.module+el8.7.0+21031+52889874 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-1743.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nodejs-devel package and not the nodejs-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Network
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

High