Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:18922Denial Of Service (DoS)
7.5 High
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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RubyGems is vulnerable to denial of service attacks. A local attacker can supply a specially crafted ‘query’ command to cause denial of service conditions by excessive CPU usage while parsing a sufficiently long gem summary. Query Command Handler is the affected component.
References
blog.rubygems.org/2017/08/27/2.6.13-released.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100579
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039249
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506785
github.com/rubygems/rubygems/commit/8a38a4fc24c6591e6c8f43d1fadab6efeb4d6251
hackerone.com/reports/243003
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-01
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
Related
7.5 High
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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P