USN-4783-1

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.
Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4783-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4783-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4783-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2021-03-15T20:59:21.309907Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:23Z
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / node-minimatch

Package

Name
node-minimatch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-minimatch@0.2.12-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.2.12-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

0.*

0.2.11-1
0.2.12-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.2.12-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "node-minimatch"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-10540"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / node-minimatch

Package

Name
node-minimatch
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-minimatch@1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm2",
            "binary_name": "node-minimatch"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2016-10540"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}