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CVE-2025-25186 (GCVE-0-2025-25186)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-10 15:55 – Updated: 2025-02-12 15:46
VLAI
Title
Net::IMAP vulnerable to possible DoS by memory exhaustion
Summary
Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Starting in version 0.3.2 and prior to versions 0.3.8, 0.4.19, and 0.5.6, there is a possibility for denial of service by memory exhaustion in `net-imap`'s response parser. At any time while the client is connected, a malicious server can send can send highly compressed `uid-set` data which is automatically read by the client's receiver thread. The response parser uses `Range#to_a` to convert the `uid-set` data into arrays of integers, with no limitation on the expanded size of the ranges. Versions 0.3.8, 0.4.19, 0.5.6, and higher fix this issue. Additional details for proper configuration of fixed versions and backward compatibility are available in the GitHub Security Advisory.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-10 16:13 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-405 - Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)
  • CWE-409 - Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
  • CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
  • CWE-1287 - Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ruby net-imap Affected: >= 0.3.2, < 0.3.8
Affected: >= 0.4.0, < 0.4.19
Affected: >= 0.5.0, < 0.5.6
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