Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting ruby3.0 package, versions <3.0.2-7ubuntu2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-RUBY30-2780222
  • published3 Dec 2021
  • disclosed1 Jan 2022

Introduced: 3 Dec 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 ruby3.0 to version 3.0.2-7ubuntu2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby3.0 package and not the ruby3.0 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 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