CVE-2019-16201
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.61%Published: 11/26/2019Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2019-16201DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16201
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 packages (2)
- Alpine/rubyfrom 0, < 2.5.7-r0
- Debian/jrubyfrom 0, < 9.3.9.0+ds-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |