Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting ruby2.7 package, versions <2.7.4-1+deb11u1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.38% (73rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-RUBY27-1933827
- published 1 Dec 2021
- disclosed 1 Jan 2022
Introduced: 1 Dec 2021
CVE-2021-41817 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11
ruby2.7
to version 2.7.4-1+deb11u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.7
package and not the ruby2.7
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:11
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41817
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1254844
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/11/15/date-parsing-method-regexp-dos-cve-2021-41817/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IUXQCH6FRKANCVZO2Q7D2SQX33FP3KWN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UTOJGS5IEFDK3UOO7IY4OTTFGHGLSWZF/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27