SUSE update for rubygem-globalid

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU72084

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-2023-22799

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 parsing of model name. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and consume excessive CPU resources, resulting in regular expression denial of service.

Mitigation

Update the affected package rubygem-globalid to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability: 15-SP1 - 15-SP4

openSUSE Leap: 15.4

ruby2.5-rubygem-globalid-doc: before 0.4.1-150000.3.3.1

ruby2.5-rubygem-globalid: before 0.4.1-150000.3.3.1

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:opensuse_leap:15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:ruby2.5-rubygem-globalid-doc:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:ruby2.5-rubygem-globalid:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20230328-1/

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.