Bug 2468495 (CVE-2026-42245)

Summary: CVE-2026-42245 ruby: net-imap: Net::IMAP: Denial of Service via crafted IMAP responses
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akostadi, amasferr, dmayorov, eshamard, jlledo, jvasik, kaycoth, pantinor, rblanco, rhel-process-autobot, tsedmik, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in Net::IMAP, a Ruby library implementing the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality. A hostile server can exploit a quadratic time complexity issue in the `Net::IMAP::ResponseReader` when processing large responses containing numerous string literals. This can lead to the client's CPU being exhausted, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-09 20:01:15 UTC
Net::IMAP implements Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) client functionality in Ruby. Prior to versions 0.4.24, 0.5.14, and 0.6.4, Net::IMAP::ResponseReader has quadratic time complexity when reading large responses containing many string literals. A hostile server can send responses which are crafted to exhaust the client's CPU for a denial of service attack. This issue has been patched in versions 0.4.24, 0.5.14, and 0.6.4.

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-30 15:28:35 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:33540 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33540

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-30 16:05:44 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:33565 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33565

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-30 16:11:23 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:33515 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33515

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-30 17:12:35 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:33576 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33576

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-06-30 18:13:31 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:33577 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33577

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-06 13:57:58 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:35895 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:35895

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-07 06:47:55 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:36099 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36099

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2026-07-09 11:19:44 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:37238 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:37238