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CVE-2019-16892

medium

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).

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X255K6ZBAQC462PQN2ND5HOTTQEJ2G2X/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWWPORMSBHZTMP4PGF4DQD22TTKBQMMC/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J45KSFPP6DFVWLC7Z73L7SX735CKZYO6/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4201

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:4047

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5m2v-hc64-56h6

https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/pull/403

https://github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/commit/d65fe7bd283ec94f9d6dc7605f61a6b0dd00f55e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-09-25

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00235