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CVE-2019-16201

Improper Authentication

Published: Nov 26, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16201
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

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.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
RubyRuby-lang2.4.0 (including)2.4.7 (including)
RubyRuby-lang2.5.0 (including)2.5.6 (including)
RubyRuby-lang2.6.0 (including)2.6.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatruby:2.5-8040020200923213910.522a0ee4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatruby:2.6-8040020210430142949.522a0ee4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRedHatruby:2.6-8010020220201152941.c27ad7f8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update SupportRedHatruby:2.6-8020020220201131207.4cda2c84*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatrh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.9-9.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatrh-ruby26-ruby-0:2.6.7-119.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSRedHatrh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.9-9.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSRedHatrh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.9-9.el7*
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSRedHatrh-ruby26-ruby-0:2.6.7-119.el7*
JrubyUbuntubionic*
JrubyUbuntudisco*
JrubyUbuntueoan*
JrubyUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
JrubyUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
JrubyUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
JrubyUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
JrubyUbuntufocal*
JrubyUbuntugroovy*
JrubyUbuntuhirsute*
JrubyUbuntuimpish*
JrubyUbuntulunar*
JrubyUbuntumantic*
JrubyUbuntuoracular*
JrubyUbuntuplucky*
JrubyUbuntutrusty*
JrubyUbuntutrusty/esm*
JrubyUbuntuxenial*
Ruby2.3Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Ruby2.3Ubuntutrusty*
Ruby2.3Ubuntuxenial*
Ruby2.5Ubuntubionic*
Ruby2.5Ubuntudisco*
Ruby2.5Ubuntueoan*
Ruby2.5Ubuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Ruby2.5Ubuntutrusty*
Ruby2.5Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References

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