user_agent_parser 2.1.2

2 security vulnerabilities found in version 2.1.2

Denial of Service in uap-core when processing crafted User-Agent strings

high severity GHSA-pcqq-5962-hvcw
high severity GHSA-pcqq-5962-hvcw
Affected versions: < 2.6.0

Impact

Some regexes are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (REDoS) due to overlapping capture groups. This allows remote attackers to overload a server by setting the User-Agent header in an HTTP(S) request to maliciously crafted long strings.

Patches

Please update uap-ruby to >= v2.6.0

For more information

https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-core/security/advisories/GHSA-cmcx-xhr8-3w9p

Reported in uap-core by Ben Caller @bcaller

Denial of Service in uap-core when processing crafted User-Agent strings

medium severity CVE-2020-5243
medium severity CVE-2020-5243
Patched versions: >= 2.6.0

Impact

Some regexes are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (REDoS) due to overlapping capture groups. This allows remote attackers to overload a server by setting the User-Agent header in an HTTP(S) request to maliciously crafted long strings.

Patches

Please update uap-ruby to >= v2.6.0

For more information

https://github.com/ua-parser/uap-core/security/advisories/GHSA-cmcx-xhr8-3w9p

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