Bug 1224256 (CVE-2024-4068)

Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-4068: TRACKERBUG: the npm package `braces` fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to Memory Exhaustion
Product: [Novell Products] SUSE Security Incidents Reporter: SMASH SMASH <smash_bz>
Component: IncidentsAssignee: Security Team bot <security-team>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Security Team bot <security-team>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P3 - Medium CC: gabriele.sonnu
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: Other   
OS: Other   
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/405385/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-4068:7.5:(AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
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Bug Depends on: 1224293, 1224295, 1224296, 1224306, 1224307, 1224308, 1224358, 1224289, 1224297, 1224300, 1224301, 1224302, 1224303, 1224305, 1224310, 1224311, 1224357, 1224360, 1224361, 1224362    
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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-05-15 08:04:01 UTC 
The NPM package `braces` fails to limit the number of characters it can handle, which could lead to Memory Exhaustion. In `lib/parse.js,` if a malicious user sends "imbalanced braces" as input, the parsing will enter a loop, which will cause the program to start allocating heap memory without freeing it at any moment of the loop. Eventually, the JavaScript heap limit is reached, and the program will crash.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-4068
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4068
https://devhub.checkmarx.com/cve-details/CVE-2024-4068/
https://github.com/micromatch/braces/blob/98414f9f1fabe021736e26836d8306d5de747e0d/lib/parse.js#L308
https://github.com/micromatch/braces/issues/35