CVE-2019-16201
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.051 · 92 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
WEBrick::HTTPAuth::DigestAuth in Ruby through 2.4.7, 2.5.x through 2.5.6, and 2.6.x through 2.6.4 has a regular expression Denial of Service cause by looping/backtracking. A victim must expose a WEBrick server that uses DigestAuth to the Internet or a untrusted network.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.8
weaknesses
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affected products (31)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-1110Ruby: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2019-10-01csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Ruby ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, um Daten zu manipulieren oder einen Denial of Servie zu verursachen.
also known as (4)
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sources
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references (66)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.htmlcnnvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/661722cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00025.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00009.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00033.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16201cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155472/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4201-1.htmlcnnvd
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