Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting ruby:3.1/rubygem-io-console package, versions <0:0.5.11-142.module_el8.9.0+3746+91b8233a


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-RUBY-6475786
  • published21 Mar 2024
  • disclosed1 Apr 2024

Introduced: 21 Mar 2024

CVE-2023-28756  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 ruby:3.1/rubygem-io-console to version 0:0.5.11-142.module_el8.9.0+3746+91b8233a or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:1431.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby:3.1/rubygem-io-console package and not the ruby:3.1/rubygem-io-console package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A ReDoS issue was discovered in the Time component through 0.2.1 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The Time parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to Time objects. The fixed versions are 0.1.1 and 0.2.2.

References

CVSS Scores

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