Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting ruby2.5-stdlib package, versions <2.5.5-4.3.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-SLES151-RUBY25STDLIB-2746339
- published 14 Apr 2022
- disclosed 10 Jul 2019
Introduced: 10 Jul 2019
CVE-2018-1000075 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.1 ruby2.5-stdlib 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-stdlib package and not the ruby2.5-stdlib 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.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000075.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1082014
- https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/92e98bf8f810bd812f919120d4832df51bc25d83
- http://blog.rubygems.org/2018/02/15/2.7.6-released.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00001.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3621-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4219
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4259
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3731
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3730
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3729
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2028
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0542
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0591
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0663