Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting ruby2.1 package, versions <2.1.5-2+deb8u4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.74% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-RUBY21-280421
  • published13 Mar 2018
  • disclosed13 Mar 2018

Introduced: 13 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-1000075  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 ruby2.1 to version 2.1.5-2+deb8u4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.1 package and not the ruby2.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a infinite loop caused by negative size vulnerability in ruby gem package tar header that can result in a negative size could cause an infinite loop.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.