Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting rubygem-mysql2-doc package, versions <0:0.5.4-1.module+el9.1.0+13172+8d1baf64


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-RUBYGEMMYSQL2DOC-6577609
  • published6 Apr 2024
  • disclosed31 Mar 2023

Introduced: 31 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-28756  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 rubygem-mysql2-doc to version 0:0.5.4-1.module+el9.1.0+13172+8d1baf64 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:1576.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-mysql2-doc package and not the rubygem-mysql2-doc package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A ReDoS issue was discovered in the Time component through 0.2.1 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The Time parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to Time objects. The fixed versions are 0.1.1 and 0.2.2.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1