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CVE-2018-1109: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

January 6, 2022

A vulnerability was found in Braces versions prior to 2.3.1. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks.

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547272
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-cwfw-4gq5-mrqx
  • github.com/micromatch/braces/commit/abdafb0cae1e0c00f184abbadc692f4eaa98f451
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1109
  • snyk.io/vuln/npm:braces:20180219

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.3.1

Fixed versions

  • 2.3.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.3.1 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

npm/braces/CVE-2018-1109.yml

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