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Resource Exhaustion Affecting ruby package, versions <0:2.0.0.648-36.el7

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.76% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-RUBY-2136606
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Mar 2018
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Introduced: 28 Mar 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 ruby to version 0:2.0.0.648-36.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby package and not the ruby package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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).

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