Resource Exhaustion Affecting rubygem20-bigdecimal package, versions <0:1.2.0-1.31.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.46% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-RUBYGEM20BIGDECIMAL-1712167
  • 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:2018.03 rubygem20-bigdecimal to version 0:1.2.0-1.31.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-983.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem20-bigdecimal package and not the rubygem20-bigdecimal package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 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).