CVE-2017-18077

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-18077
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-27 12:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-02-15 18:14:00 UTC
Descriptionindex.js in brace-expansion before 1.1.7 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks, as demonstrated by an expand argument containing many comma characters.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Brace Expansion Project Brace Expansion All All All All
Application Brace Expansion Project Brace Expansion All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#862712 - node-brace-expansion: regular expression denial of service - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
ReDoS in expand · Issue #33 · juliangruber/brace-expansion · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
avoid ReDoS in expand by myvyang · Pull Request #35 · juliangruber/brace-expansion · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Node Security Platform | Advisory MISC nodesecurity.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981217 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for brace-expansion (GHSA-832h-xg76-4gv6)

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