CVE-2023-22796
CVSS V2 None
CVSS V3 None
Description
A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Active Support <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1. A specially crafted string passed to the underscore method can cause the regular expression engine to enter a state of catastrophic backtracking. This can cause the process to use large amounts of CPU and memory, leading to a possible DoS vulnerability.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2023-22796
- Assigner
- support@hackerone.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2023-02-09T20:15:11
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-03-14T08:15:13
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:activesupport_project:activesupport:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* | 1 | OR | 6.1.7.1 | |
| cpe:2.3:a:activesupport_project:activesupport:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* | 1 | OR | 7.0.0 | 7.0.4.1 |
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-22796-possible-redos-based-dos-vulnerability-in-active-supports-underscore/82116 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5372 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22796 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-22796 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-17 07:28:24 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2023-04-17 07:28:26 | Weakness Enumeration | new |