CVE-2019-16201 Information

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 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.html https://hackerone.com/reports/661722 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00025.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00009.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5