Resource Exhaustion Affecting rubygem-rdoc package, versions <0:4.0.0-36.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.99% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-RUBYGEMRDOC-1673750
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed3 Apr 2018

Introduced: 3 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-8777  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 rubygem-rdoc to version 0:4.0.0-36.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1276.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-rdoc package and not the rubygem-rdoc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Ruby before 2.2.10, 2.3.x before 2.3.7, 2.4.x before 2.4.4, 2.5.x before 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, an attacker can pass a large HTTP request with a crafted header to WEBrick server or a crafted body to WEBrick server/handler and cause a denial of service (memory consumption).