CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-44566

A denial of service vulnerability present in ActiveRecord's PostgreSQL adapter <7.0.4.1 and <6.1.7.1. When a value outside the range for a 64bit signed integer is provided to the PostgreSQL connection adapter, it will treat the target column type as numeric. Comparing integer values against numeric values can result in a slow sequential scan resulting in potential Denial of Service.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://code.jeremyevans.net/2022-11-01-forcing-sequential-scans-on-postgresql.html Exploit Mitigation
https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2022-44566-possible-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-activerecords-postgresql-adapter/82119 Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:activerecord_project:activerecord:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:activerecord_project:activerecord:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*
Information

Published : 2023-02-09 08:15

Updated : 2023-02-16 08:22

NVD link : CVE-2022-44566

Mitre link : CVE-2022-44566

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-400