Improper Input Validation Affecting rubygem-psych package, versions <0:4.0.4-142.module+el8.9.0+21471+7d1e4a35


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-RUBYGEMPSYCH-5407644
  • published 4 Apr 2023
  • disclosed 21 Mar 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 rubygem-psych to version 0:4.0.4-142.module+el8.9.0+21471+7d1e4a35 or higher.

NVD Description

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

A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component through 0.12.0 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to URI objects. The fixed versions are 0.12.1, 0.11.1, 0.10.2 and 0.10.0.1.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.3 medium
  • 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)
    Low
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Red Hat

5.3 medium
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SUSE

5.3 medium