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Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting ruby2.5-devel-extra package, versions <2.5.5-4.3.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.9% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-RUBY25DEVELEXTRA-2744310
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Jul 2019
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Introduced: 10 Jul 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 ruby2.5-devel-extra to version 2.5.5-4.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.5-devel-extra package and not the ruby2.5-devel-extra package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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.

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