CVE-2021-4250 cgriego active_attr Regex boolean_typecaster.rb call denial of service

2022-12-1800:00:00

CWE-404

VulDB

www.cve.org

cve-2021-4250

denial of service

regex handler

boolean typecaster

upgrade

CVSS3

3.5

Attack Vector

ADJACENT

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

66.6%

JSON

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in cgriego active_attr up to 0.15.2. This affects the function call of the file lib/active_attr/typecasting/boolean_typecaster.rb of the component Regex Handler. The manipulation of the argument value leads to denial of service. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.15.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is dab95e5843b01525444b82bd7b336ef1d79377df. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216207.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "cgriego",
    "product": "active_attr",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "0.15.0",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0.15.1",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0.15.2",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ],
    "modules": [
      "Regex Handler"
    ]
  }
]