CVE-2019-16892

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Published 2019-09-12 · Modified 2024-02-16

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

In Rubyzip before 1.3.0, a crafted ZIP file can bypass application checks on ZIP entry sizes because data about the uncompressed size can be spoofed. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.0.0-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.0.0-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.0.0-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.0.0-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.0.0-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
RubyGems	rubyzip	`<>= 1.3.0`	`>= 1.3.0`
RubyGems	rubyzip	`<1.3.0`	`1.3.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.