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CVE-2015-4411 (bson): Potential denial of service in bson rubygem

ADVISORIES

GEM

bson

SEVERITY

CVSS v3.x: 7.5 (High)

PATCHED VERSIONS

  • >= 3.0.4

DESCRIPTION

The Moped::BSON::ObjecId.legal? method in mongodb/bson-ruby before 3.0.4 as used in rubygem-moped allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker resource consumption) via a crafted string. NOTE: This issue is due to an incomplete fix to CVE-2015-4410.

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