CVE-2019-16201
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 26, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxRuby
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Ruby· Ruby Langrubygems
95%2.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.4.72.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.5.62.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.6.4
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00041.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00025.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287
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