Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting rubygem-bson-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+446+80b53620


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.74% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-RUBYGEMBSONDEBUGINFO-3196457
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed1 Jan 2022

Introduced: 1 Jan 2022

CVE-2021-41817  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 rubygem-bson-debuginfo to version 0:4.5.0-1.module+el8.4.0+446+80b53620 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:0543.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-bson-debuginfo package and not the rubygem-bson-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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 Base Scores

version 3.1