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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-31606): RedCloth vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-31606): RedCloth vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/06/2023
Created
09/18/2023
Added
09/18/2023
Modified
09/18/2023

Description

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in the sanitize_html function of redcloth gem v4.0.0. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted payload.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ruby-redcloth

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