SB2021063030 - Denial of service in BinData
Published: June 30, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021063030
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32823)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2021/06/01/security-release-gitlab-13-12-2-released/#update-bindata-dependency
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/issues/476
- https://github.com/dmendel/bindata/commit/d99f050b88337559be2cb35906c1f8da49531323
- https://github.com/dmendel/bindata/blob/v2.4.10/ChangeLog.rdoc#version-2410-2021-05-18-
- https://rubygems.org/gems/bindata