VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-16201
WEBrick::HTTPAuth::DigestAuth in Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 has a regular expression Denial of Service cause by looping/backtracking.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.13%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.13%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
WEBrick::HTTPAuth::DigestAuth in Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 has a regular expression Denial of Service cause by looping/backtracking. A victim must expose a WEBrick server that uses DigestAuth to the Internet or a untrusted network.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.13% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- ruby-lang/ruby · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/661722Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00009.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00033.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/31
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/32
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-06
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4587
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/661722Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00009.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00033.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/31
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/32
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-06
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4587
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.