Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 1,154
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 1,154

Mageia: 2023-0291 Moderate: Ruby RedCloth Security Update

mageia
Calendar Grey October 20, 2023
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia 2023-0291 upgrades Ruby-RedCloth to mitigate a Denial of Service vulnerability and enhance overall security protocols.
A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in the sanitize_html function of redcloth gem v4.0.0

Summary

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in the sanitize_html function of redcloth gem v4.0.0. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted payload. (CVE-2023-31606)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32284

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6358-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-31606

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update ruby regular expression mageia redcloth

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/ruby-RedCloth-4.3.2-7.1.mga9

- 8/core/ruby-RedCloth-4.3.2-5.1.mga8

Publication date: 20 Oct 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0291.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-31606

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update ruby regular expression mageia redcloth

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here