CVE-2019-16201

Public on 2019-11-26
Modified on 2024-02-29
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.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core ruby 2024-02-29 10:03 ALAS2-2024-2486
Amazon Linux 2 - Ruby2.6 Extra ruby 2023-08-21 20:59 ALAS2RUBY2.6-2023-007
Amazon Linux 1 ruby24 2020-08-26 23:09 ALAS-2020-1422

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-16201 Mitre: CVE-2019-16201 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity