rubygem-moped: Denial of Service with crafted ObjectId string (incomplete fix for CVE-2015-4410)
Published Feb 20, 2020
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 6.37%
Description
The Moped::BSON::ObjecId.legal? method in mongodb/bson-ruby before 3.0.4 as used in rubygem-moped allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker resource consumption) via a crafted string. NOTE: This issue is due to an incomplete fix to CVE-2015-4410.
Affected products
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Configuration 2
- 21
- 22
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Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
ruby193-rubygem-moped
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | ruby193-rubygem-moped | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of rubygem-moped as shipped with Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.x. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. Additionally access to the component using rubygem-moped is restricted, only trusted users and systems can send messages, thus no trust boundary violation occurs and this issue can not easily be used to create an exploitable security vulnerability on Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6.37% (0.06372) | 93.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.37% (0.06372) | 92.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.08% (0.03080) | 85.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.34% (0.06343) | 84.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.08% (0.03080) | 85.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.13% (0.02134) | 88.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 3.38% (0.03379) | 89.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.79% (0.02795) | 89.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161964.html x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161987.html x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/06/3 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75045 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4411 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229706 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qh4w-7pw3-p4rp Advisory
- https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby/commit/976da329ff03ecdfca3030eb6efe3c85e6db9999 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby/commit/fef6f75413511d653c76bf924a932374a183a24f#diff-8c8558c185bbb548ccb5a6d6ac4bfee5R191 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/mongodb/bson-ruby/compare/7446d7c6764dfda8dc4480ce16d5c023e74be5ca...28f34978a85b689a4480b4d343389bf4886522e7 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/mongoid/moped/commit/dd5a7c14b5d2e466f7875d079af71ad19774609b#diff-3b93602f64c2fe46d38efd9f73ef5358R24 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/bson/CVE-2015-4411.yml
- https://homakov.blogspot.ru/2012/05/saferweb-injects-in-various-ruby.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4411
- https://sakurity.com/blog/2015/06/04/mongo_ruby_regexp.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/653 x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4411 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228085849/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75045
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4411
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75045 x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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