CVE-2021-4250
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in cgriego active_attr up to 0.15.2.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in cgriego active_attr up to 0.15.2. This affects the function call of the file lib/active_attr/typecasting/boolean_typecaster.rb of the component Regex Handler. The manipulation of the argument value leads to denial of service. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.15.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is dab95e5843b01525444b82bd7b336ef1d79377df. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216207.
- 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
- 1.11% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-404
- Affected
- active attr project/active attr
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
References
- https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/commit/dab95e5843b01525444b82bd7b336ef1d79377dfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/issues/184Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/pull/185Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/releases/tag/v0.15.3Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216207Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/commit/dab95e5843b01525444b82bd7b336ef1d79377dfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/issues/184Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/pull/185Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/releases/tag/v0.15.3Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216207Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.