UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16469

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.
Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16469
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16469.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16469
Related
Published
2018-10-30T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-06-03T17:32:38Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The merge.recursive function in the merge package <1.2.1 can be tricked into adding or modifying properties of the Object prototype. These properties will be present on all objects allowing for a denial of service attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / node-merge

Package

Name
node-merge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-merge@1.2.0-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.0-1
1.2.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / node-merge

Package

Name
node-merge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-merge@1.2.0-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / node-merge

Package

Name
node-merge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-merge@1.2.0-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / node-merge

Package

Name
node-merge
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-merge@2.1.1+ds-2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.0+ds-3
2.1.1+ds-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}