USN-4786-1: Moment.js vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• node-moment - Work with dates in JavaScript (Node.js module)

Details

It was discovered that Moment.js mishandled certain regular expressions. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

• node-moment - 2.11.0+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libjs-moment - 2.11.0+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2016-4055
• CVE-2017-18214