Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting rubygem-pg-debugsource package, versions <0:1.0.0-2.module+el8.3.0+167+5c390590


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-RUBYGEMPGDEBUGSOURCE-3273463
  • 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-pg-debugsource to version 0:1.0.0-2.module+el8.3.0+167+5c390590 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:5779.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-pg-debugsource package and not the rubygem-pg-debugsource 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