Resource Exhaustion Affecting rubygem-mongo package, versions <0:2.5.1-2.module+el8.1.0+3656+f80bfa1d


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-RUBYGEMMONGO-1933654
  • published 20 Nov 2021
  • disclosed 15 Nov 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 rubygem-mongo to version 0:2.5.1-2.module+el8.1.0+3656+f80bfa1d or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-mongo package and not the rubygem-mongo 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
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.5 high
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SUSE

5.3 medium