USN-4783-1

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    USN-4783-1

    Published: 15 Mar 2021Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: node-minimatch vulnerability

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4783-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10540

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: node-minimatch

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-minimatch?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.12-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

    Affected versions

    0.2.11-1
    0.2.12-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High