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When the resolv library parses such a packet, the name decompression process consumes a large amount of CPU resources, as the library does not limit the resulting\nlength of the name.\n\nThis resource consumption can cause the application thread to become unresponsive, resulting in a Denial of Service condition.\n\n## Affected Version\nThe vulnerability affects the resolv gem bundled with the following Ruby series:\n* Ruby 3.2 series: resolv version 0.2.2 and earlier\n* Ruby 3.3 series: resolv version 0.3.0\n* Ruby 3.4 series: resolv version 0.6.1 and earlier\n\n## Credits\nThanks to Manu for discovering this issue.\n\n## History\nOriginally published at 2025-07-08 07:00:00 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