CVE-2019-16201

Summary

CVECVE-2019-16201
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-26 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-04-30 23:15:00 UTC
DescriptionWEBrick::HTTPAuth::DigestAuth in Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 has a regular expression Denial of Service cause by looping/backtracking. A victim must expose a WEBrick server that uses DigestAuth to the Internet or a untrusted network.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2330-1] jruby security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4587-1] ruby2.3 security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
HackerOne MISC hackerone.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4587-1 ruby2.3 DEBIAN www.debian.org
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4586-1] ruby2.5 security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0395-1: important: Recommended upda SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2027-1] jruby security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3408-1] jruby security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2007-1] ruby2.1 security update MISC lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
Ruby: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202003-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159290 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for ruby:2.5 (ELSA-2021-2587)
  • 159298 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for ruby:2.6 (ELSA-2021-2588)
  • 181757 Debian Security Update for jruby (DLA 3408-1)
  • 239350 Red Hat Update for rh-ruby25-ruby (RHSA-2021:2104)
  • 239368 Red Hat Update for rh-ruby26-ruby (RHSA-2021:2230)
  • 239461 Red Hat Update for ruby:2.6 (RHSA-2021:2588)
  • 239462 Red Hat Update for ruby:2.5 (RHSA-2021:2587)
  • 240156 Red Hat Update for ruby:2.6 (RHSA-2022:0582)
  • 296076 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 19.3.0 Missing (CPUJAN2020)
  • 356305 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ruby : ALASRUBY2.6-2023-007
  • 357267 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ruby : ALAS2-2024-2486
  • 500612 Alpine Linux Security Update for ruby
  • 504372 Alpine Linux Security Update for ruby
  • 900069 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for ruby 2.6.3
  • 903054 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for ruby (2676)
  • 940189 AlmaLinux Security Update for ruby:2.6 (ALSA-2021:2588)
  • 940401 AlmaLinux Security Update for ruby:2.5 (ALSA-2021:2587)
  • 960022 Rocky Linux Security Update for ruby:2.6 (RLSA-2021:2588)
  • 960064 Rocky Linux Security Update for ruby:2.5 (RLSA-2021:2587)
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