A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in cgriego active_attr up to 0.15.2. This affects the function call of the file lib/active_attr/typecasting/boolean_typecaster.rb of the component Regex Handler. The manipulation of the argument value leads to denial of service. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.15.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is dab95e5843b01525444b82bd7b336ef1d79377df. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216207.
CVE-2021-4250
This low-severity CVE scores 3.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.9%, top 24% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 3.5
- EG Score
- 3.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 62.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 18, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/commit/dab95e5843b01525444b82bd7b336ef1d79377df
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/issues/184
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/pull/185
- cna@vuldbhttps://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/releases/tag/v0.15.3
- cna@vuldbhttps://vuldb.com/?id.216207
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/commit/dab95e5843b01525444b82bd7b336ef1d79377df
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/issues/184
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/pull/185
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/releases/tag/v0.15.3
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://vuldb.com/?id.216207
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
RubyGems(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| active_attr | 0.1.0 ... 0.9.0 (33 versions) | 0.15.4 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
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