Resource Exhaustion Affecting ruby-irb package, versions <0:2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.6
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EPSS
0.38% (74th
percentile)
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- published 16 Nov 2023
- disclosed 1 Jan 2022
Introduced: 1 Jan 2022
CVE-2021-41817 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ruby-irb to version 0:2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2345.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-irb package and not the ruby-irb package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
Date.parse in the date gem through 3.2.0 for Ruby allows ReDoS (regular expression Denial of Service) via a long string. The fixed versions are 3.2.1, 3.1.2, 3.0.2, and 2.0.1.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-41817
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1254844
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/11/15/date-parsing-method-regexp-dos-cve-2021-41817/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27
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