SB2026090516 - openEuler 20.03 LTS SP4 update for ruby
Published: September 5, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-80212)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled resource consumption in the resolv DNS resolution logic when processing malicious DNS responses from an attacker-controlled name server. A remote attacker can return crafted DNS responses that are retained permanently to cause a denial of service.
Only applications that resolve hostnames an attacker can influence through this gem are affected.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.