CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2023-22792

A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.0.6.1,< 6.1.7.1, and <7.0.4.1. Specially crafted cookies, in combination with a specially crafted X_FORWARDED_HOST header 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 All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.

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://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-22792-possible-redos-based-dos-vulnerability-in-action-dispatch/82115 Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2023-02-09 08:15

Updated : 2023-02-17 06:48

NVD link : CVE-2023-22792

Mitre link : CVE-2023-22792

Products Affected

Rails

Rubyonrails

CWE
CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity