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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202401-14
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 Severity: Low
    Title: RedCloth: ReDoS Vulnerability
     Date: January 10, 2024
     Bugs: #908035
       ID: 202401-14

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Synopsis
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A denial of service vulnerability has been found in RedCloth.

Background
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RedCloth is a module for using Textile in Ruby

Affected packages
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Package            Vulnerable    Unaffected
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dev-ruby/redcloth  < 4.3.2-r5    >= 4.3.2-r5

Description
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A vulnerability has been discovered in RedCloth. Please review the CVE
identifier referenced below for details.

Impact
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RedCloth is vulnerable to a regular expression denial of service
("ReDoS") attack via the sanitize_html function.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All RedCloth users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-ruby/redcloth-4.3.2-r5"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2023-31606
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31606

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-14

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5