Resource exhaustion in Addressable Project
CVE-2021-32740
Addressable is an alternative implementation to the URI implementation that is part of Ruby's standard library. An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability exists after version 2.3.0 through version 2.7.0. Within the URI template implementation in Addressable, a maliciously crafted template may result in uncontrolled resource consumption, leading to denial of service when matched against a URI. In typical usage, templates would not normally be read from untrusted user input, but nonetheless, no previous security advisory for Addressable has cautioned against doing this. Users of the parsing capabilities in Addressable but not the URI template capabilities are unaffected. The vulnerability is patched in version 2.8.0. As a workaround, only create Template objects from trusted sources that have been validated not to produce catastrophic backtracking.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.022 (80.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Addressable_project Addressable
- Sporkmonger Addressable — versions > 2.3.0, <= 2.7.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 33, 34
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-32740?
- CVE-2021-32740 is a high-severity vulnerability in Addressable Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-07-06.
- How severe is CVE-2021-32740?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-32740 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.