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Ubuntu 20.04 & 18.04 LTS USN-6086-1 Critical Minimatch Risk

ubuntu
Calendar Grey May 18, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu 20.04 and 18.04 LTS are exposed to a vulnerability in minimatch, which may lead to possible denial of service. Immediate update is necessary.
minimatch could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted input file.

Summary

minimatch could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted input

file.

Software Description:

- node-minimatch: A glob matcher in javascript

Details:

It was discovered that minimatch incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a

user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted

input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

denial of service.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service package update Ubuntu minimatch

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   node-minimatch                  3.0.4-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   node-minimatch                  3.0.4-3+deb10u1build0.18.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6086-1

CVE-2022-3517

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May 18, 2023

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service package update Ubuntu minimatch

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-minimatch/3.0.4-4ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/node-minimatch/3.0.4-3+deb10u1build0.18.04.1

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