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FreeBSD: VID-6BD2773C-CF1A-11ED-BD44-080027F5FEC9 (CVE-2023-28756): rubygem-time -- ReDoS vulnerability

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FreeBSD: VID-6BD2773C-CF1A-11ED-BD44-080027F5FEC9 (CVE-2023-28756): rubygem-time -- ReDoS vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/30/2023
Created
04/04/2023
Added
04/01/2023
Modified
06/01/2023

Description

A ReDoS issue was discovered in the Time component through 0.2.1 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The Time parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to Time objects. The fixed versions are 0.1.1 and 0.2.2.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby27
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby30
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby31
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby32
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-rubygem-time

References

  • CVE-2023-28756

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