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CVE-2021-4250 Details

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in cgriego active_attr up to 0.15.2. This affects the function call of the file lib/active_attr/typecasting/boolean_typecaster.rb of the component Regex Handler. The manipulation of the argument value leads to denial of service. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.15.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is dab95e5843b01525444b82bd7b336ef1d79377df. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216207.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:3.5 LOWVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/commit/dab95e5843b01525444b82bd7b336ef1d79377df	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/issues/184	CVE	ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/pull/185	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/releases/tag/v0.15.3	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.216207	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/commit/dab95e5843b01525444b82bd7b336ef1d79377df	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/issues/184	[email protected]	ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/pull/185	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/cgriego/active_attr/releases/tag/v0.15.3	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.216207	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-404	Improper Resource Shutdown or Release	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
active attr project active attr	< 0.15.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:active_attr_project:active_attr:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 17, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 11, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 21, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 29, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 3, 2023	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 24, 2022	CVE Modified	[email protected]