A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component before 0.12.2 for Ruby. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. There is an increase in execution time for parsing strings to URI objects with rfc2396_parser.rb and rfc3986_parser.rb. NOTE: this issue exists becuse of an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-28755. Version 0.10.3 is also a fixed version.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3858-1 ruby2.7 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-1827 A ReDoS issue was discovered in the URI component before 0.12.2 for Ruby. The URI parser mishandles invalid URLs that have specific characters. There is an increase in execution time for parsing strings to URI objects with rfc2396_parser.rb and rfc3986_parser.rb. NOTE: this issue exists becuse of an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-28755. Version 0.10.3 is also a fixed version.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hww2-5g85-429m URI gem has ReDoS vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6219-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7747-1 RubyGems vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:12:36.483Z

Reserved: 2023-06-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-36617

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-29T13:15:09.583

Modified: 2025-11-04T18:15:40.907

Link: CVE-2023-36617

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-06-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-36617 - Bugzilla

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