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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-6181: Ruby 2.3.1-r0 - Multiple vulnerabilities

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-6181: Ruby 2.3.1-r0 - Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/03/2017
Created
05/08/2019
Added
05/08/2019
Modified
05/08/2019

Description

The parse_char_class function in regparse.c in the Onigmo (aka Oniguruma-mod) regular expression library, as used in Ruby 2.4.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted regular expression.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-ruby

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