CVE-2019-16201
Publication date 20 November 2019
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
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.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
It was discovered that WEBrick as provided by JRuby was vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to catastrophic backtracking in certain regular expressions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause JRuby to consume system resources.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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jruby | 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
|
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 1.5.6-9+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm2
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ruby2.3 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.14
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14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
ruby2.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.6
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
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Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 · High |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-4201-1
- Ruby vulnerabilities
- 26 November 2019