CVE-2017-18077 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2017-18077 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - brace-expansion-1.1.6.tgz

Brace expansion as known from sh/bash

path: /tmp/git/Hardware-con-Nodejs/node_modules/serialport/node_modules/node-pre-gyp/node_modules/rimraf/node_modules/glob/node_modules/minimatch/node_modules/brace-expansion/package.json

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.6.tgz

Dependency Hierarchy:

• serialport-4.0.7.tgz (Root Library)
  • node-pre-gyp-0.6.32.tgz
    • rimraf-2.5.4.tgz
      • glob-7.1.1.tgz
        • minimatch-3.0.3.tgz
          • ❌ brace-expansion-1.1.6.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

index.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.

Publish Date: 2018-01-27

URL: CVE-2017-18077

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/338

Release Date: 2017-04-25

Fix Resolution: Upgrade to version 1.1.7 or later.

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