ReDoS Vulnerability in Time Component Affects Ruby Software
CVE-2023-28756

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Ruby-lang

Status
Time
Ruby
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 March 2023

What is CVE-2023-28756?

A ReDoS vulnerability has been identified in the Time component of Ruby through version 0.2.1. This vulnerability occurs due to the Time parser's improper handling of invalid URLs containing certain characters, resulting in substantial delays when parsing these strings into Time objects. Users are encouraged to update to fixed versions 0.1.1 and 0.2.2 to mitigate the risk associated with 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/time/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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