CVE-2018-1109 (High) detected in braces-1.8.5.tgz - autoclosed

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CVE-2018-1109 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - braces-1.8.5.tgz

Fastest brace expansion for node.js, with the most complete support for the Bash 4.3 braces specification.

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/braces/-/braces-1.8.5.tgz

Path to dependency file: /MqttStreamUsingNanoscale/package.json

Path to vulnerable library: MqttStreamUsingNanoscale/node_modules/braces/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy: - app-scripts-0.0.45.tgz (Root Library) - chokidar-1.6.1.tgz - anymatch-1.3.2.tgz - micromatch-2.3.11.tgz - :x: **braces-1.8.5.tgz** (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Braces before 1.4.2 and 2.17.2 is vulnerable to ReDoS. It used a regular expression (^\{(,+(?:(\{,+\})*),*|,*(?:(\{,+\})*),+)\}) in order to detects empty braces. This can cause an impact of about 10 seconds matching time for data 50K characters long.

Publish Date: 2020-07-21

URL: CVE-2018-1109

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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1547272

Release Date: 2020-07-21

Fix Resolution: 2.3.1

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:heavy_check_mark: This issue was automatically closed by WhiteSource because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the WhiteSource inventory.