CVE-2021-32740: Regular Expression Denial of Service in Addressable templates

CVE-2021-32740 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2021-07-12

Regular Expression Denial of Service in Addressable templates

Technologies: addressable (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2021-32740 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2021-32740 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2021-32740?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 12 July 2021.
Which products and versions are affected?
addressable (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.3.0,fixed=2.8.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2021-32740?
Yes. addressable (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.8.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2021-32740?
Check whether you run addressable (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • addressable (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.8.0 or later
    bundle update addressable

Affected products

  • addressable (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.3.0,fixed=2.8.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2021-32740
  • GHSA-jxhc-q857-3j6g

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