high7.5
CVE-2023-28755
Ruby URI component ReDoS issue
Impact
A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component through 0.12.0 in Ruby through 3.2.1. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. It causes an increase in execution time for parsing strings to URI objects. The fixed versions are 0.12.1, 0.11.1, 0.10.2 and 0.10.0.1.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | uri | = 0.12.0 | 0.12.1 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby-Lang | Uri | through 0.10.0 Versions 0.10.1, 0.11.0, 0.12.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 10.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 36, 37, 38 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/ruby/uri/releases/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00033.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27LUWREIFTP3MQAW7QE4PJM4DPAQJWXF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FFZANOQA4RYX7XCB42OO3P24DQKWHEKA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G76GZG3RAGYF4P75YY7J7TGYAU7Z5E2T/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QA6XUKUY7B5OLNQBLHOT43UW7C5NIOQQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WMIOPLBAAM3FEQNAXA2L7BDKOGSVUT5Z/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230526-0003/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/releases/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2022/12/25/ruby-3-2-0-released/
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2023/03/28/redos-in-uri-cve-2023-28755/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00015.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/27LUWREIFTP3MQAW7QE4PJM4DPAQJWXF/
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hv5j-3h9f-99c2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28755
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/uri/CVE-2023-28755.yml
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2023/03/28/redos-in-uri-cve-2023-28755
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2022/12/25/ruby-3-2-0-released
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/releases
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230526-0003
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WMIOPLBAAM3FEQNAXA2L7BDKOGSVUT5Z
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/G76GZG3RAGYF4P75YY7J7TGYAU7Z5E2T
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FFZANOQA4RYX7XCB42OO3P24DQKWHEKA