CVE-2019-16892: Denial of Service

September 25, 2019 (updated November 22, 2019)

In Rubyzip, 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

github.com/rubyzip/rubyzip/pull/403
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16892

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