Moderate: nodejs:18 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Node.js is a software development platform for building fast and scalable network applications in the JavaScript programming language.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: nodejs (18.12.1). (BZ#2142809, BZ#2142830, BZ#2142834, BZ#2142856)

Security Fix(es):

• nodejs-minimatch: ReDoS via the braceExpand function (CVE-2022-3517)

• nodejs: DNS rebinding in inspect via invalid octal IP address (CVE-2022-43548)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.