CVE-2021-41817 (GCVE-0-2021-41817)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-01 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:22
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Summary
Date.parse in the date gem through 3.2.0 for Ruby allows ReDoS (regular expression Denial of Service) via a long string. The fixed versions are 3.2.1, 3.1.2, 3.0.2, and 2.0.1.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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| https://hackerone.com/reports/1254844 | |
| https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/11/15/date… | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27 | vendor-advisory |
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