Improper Input Validation Affecting ruby package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.65% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-RUBY-10078278
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed3 Apr 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-6181  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for ruby.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The parse_char_class function in regparse.c in the Onigmo (aka Oniguruma-mod) regular expression library, as used in Ruby 2.4.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted regular expression.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1