SUSE update for rubygem-activerecord-5_1

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU50606

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22880

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect regular expression for money processing format in the PostgreSQL adapter. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDOS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package rubygem-activerecord-5_1 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability: 15-SP1 - 15

ruby2.5-rubygem-activerecord-5_1: before 5.1.4-5.3.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_availability:15-SP1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_availability:15-SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_availability:15-SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:ruby2.5-rubygem-activerecord-5_1:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213634-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.