Resource Exhaustion Affecting rubygem-did_you_mean package, versions <0:1.2.0-110.module+el8.6.0+15956+aa803fc1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.74% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-RUBYGEMDIDYOUMEAN-1933667
  • published20 Nov 2021
  • disclosed15 Nov 2021

Introduced: 15 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-41817  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 rubygem-did_you_mean to version 0:1.2.0-110.module+el8.6.0+15956+aa803fc1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-did_you_mean package and not the rubygem-did_you_mean package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1