CVE-2021-32740

NameCVE-2021-32740
DescriptionAddressable is an alternative implementation to the URI implementation that is part of Ruby's standard library. An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability exists after version 2.3.0 through version 2.7.0. Within the URI template implementation in Addressable, a maliciously crafted template may result in uncontrolled resource consumption, leading to denial of service when matched against a URI. In typical usage, templates would not normally be read from untrusted user input, but nonetheless, no previous security advisory for Addressable has cautioned against doing this. Users of the parsing capabilities in Addressable but not the URI template capabilities are unaffected. The vulnerability is patched in version 2.8.0. As a workaround, only create Template objects from trusted sources that have been validated not to produce catastrophic backtracking.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs990791

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ruby-addressable (PTS)buster2.5.2-1vulnerable
bullseye2.7.0-2fixed
bookworm2.8.1-1fixed
sid, trixie2.8.5-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ruby-addressablesource(unstable)2.7.0-2990791

Notes

[buster] - ruby-addressable <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - ruby-addressable <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/security/advisories/GHSA-jxhc-q857-3j6g
https://github.com/sporkmonger/addressable/commit/b48ff03347a6d46e8dc674e242ce74c6381962a5#diff-fb36d3dc67e6565ffde17e666a98697f48e76dac38fabf1bb9e97cdf3b583d76

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