SB2021110948 - SUSE update for rubygem-activerecord-5_1
Published: November 9, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021110948
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22880)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.