CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
The fugit “natural” parser, that turns “every wednesday at 5pm” into
“0 17 * * 3”, accepted any length of input and went on attempting to
parse it, not returning promptly, as expected. The parse call could
hold the thread with no end in sight.
Fugit dependents that do not check (user) input length for
plausability are impacted.
Problem was reported in #104 and the fix was released in
fugit 1.11.1
By making sure that Fugit.parse(s)
, Fugit.do_parse(s)
,
Fugit.parse_nat(s)
, Fugit.do_parse_nat(s)
, Fugit::Nat.parse(s)
,
and Fugit::Nat.do_parse(s)
are not fed strings too long.
1000 chars feels ok, while 10_000 chars makes it stall.
In fewer words, making sure those fugit methods are not fed
unvetted input strings.