ruby-websocket-extensions vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
* Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
* Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
websocket-extensions could be made to exhaust the server's
capacity to process incoming requests if it received specially
crafted requests.
Software Description
* ruby-websocket-extensions - Generic extension manager for
WebSocket connections
Details
It was discovered that websocket-extensions does not properly
parse special headers. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause regex backtracking, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2020-7663)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
ruby-websocket-extensions - 0.1.2-1+deb9u1build0.20.04.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
ruby-websocket-extensions - 0.1.2-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
ruby-websocket-extensions - 0.1.2-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References
* CVE-2020-7663
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