ReDoS Vulnerability in Ruby URI Component
CVE-2023-28755

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Ruby-lang

Status
Uri
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 March 2023

What is CVE-2023-28755?

A vulnerability in the URI component of Ruby versions up to 0.12.0 allows a ReDoS attack due to improper handling of invalid URLs containing specific characters. This flaw can significantly increase the execution time when parsing strings to URI objects, potentially leading to denial of service. Users are advised to upgrade to Ruby URI Component versions 0.12.1, 0.11.1, 0.10.2, or 0.10.0.1 to mitigate this issue.

References

https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2022/12/25/ruby-3-2-0-r...
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/releases/
https://github.com/ruby/uri/releases/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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