vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2019-16201)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Nov 26, 2019 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 26, 2019
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
It has been discovered that Ruby before 2.4.8, 2.5.7 and 2.6.5 is vulnerable to denial of service via regular expressions in WEBrick's Digest access authentication module. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause an effective denial of service against a WEBrick service.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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