CVE-2023-28755: Input Validation

Published Mar 21, 2023
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Updated

A flaw was found in the rubygem URI. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters, which causes an increase in execution time parsing strings to URI objects. This may result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).

Other sources

A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component through 0.12.0 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to URI objects. The fixed versions are 0.12.1, 0.11.1, 0.10.2 and 0.10.0.1.

A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to URI objects.

The uri gem version 0.12.0, 0.11.0, 0.10.1, 0.10.0 and all versions prior 0.10.0 are vulnerable for this vulnerability.

— Red Hat

Affected Software

17 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/rh-ruby27-ruby<0:2.7.8-132.el7
0:2.7.8-132.el7
rubygems/uri<0.10.0.1
0.10.0.1
rubygems/uri=0.10.1
0.10.2
rubygems/uri=0.11.0
0.11.1
rubygems/uri=0.12.0
0.12.1
ruby-lang Uri Ruby<=0.10.0
ruby-lang Uri Ruby=0.10.1
ruby-lang Uri Ruby=0.11.0
ruby-lang Uri Ruby=0.12.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
Fedoraproject Fedora=36
Fedoraproject Fedora=37
Fedoraproject Fedora=38
debian/jruby<=9.3.9.0+ds-8
9.4.8.0+ds-2
debian/ruby2.7<=2.7.4-1+deb11u1
2.7.4-1+deb11u5
debian/ruby3.1<=3.1.2-7+deb12u1
debian/rubygems<=3.2.5-2, <=3.3.15-2
3.6.7-2

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade redhat/rh-ruby27-ruby to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0:2.7.8-132.el7
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade rubygems/uri to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.10.0.1
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade rubygems/uri to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.10.2
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade rubygems/uri to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.11.1
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade rubygems/uri to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.12.1
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/jruby to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 9.4.8.0+ds-2
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/ruby2.7 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 2.7.4-1+deb11u5
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/rubygems to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 3.6.7-2
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.12.1
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.11.1
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.10.2
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 0.10.0.1

Event History

Mar 21, 2023
CVE Published
12:00 AM
Mar 31, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·04:15 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Advisory Published
via GitHub·06:30 AM
Apr 3, 2023
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·02:33 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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