GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-qh4w-7pw3-p4rp BSON rubygem contains potential denial of service

HIGH Published 2020-04-29 Modified 2023-08-25 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2015-4411
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
bson
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-400
Reviewed
2020-04-23

Affected packages

• RubyGems bson: < 3.0.4 → fixed in 3.0.4

Description

The `Moped::BSON::ObjecId.legal?` method in `mongodb/bson-ruby` before 3.0.4 as used in rubygem-moped allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker resource consumption) via a crafted string. NOTE: This issue is due to an incomplete fix to CVE-2015-4410.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

References