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CVE-2023-22795: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

February 9, 2023 (updated February 2, 2024)

A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1 related to the If-None-Match header. A specially crafted HTTP If-None-Match header can cause the regular expression engine to enter a state of catastrophic backtracking, when on a version of Ruby below 3.2.0. 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.

References

  • discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-22795-possible-redos-based-dos-vulnerability-in-action-dispatch/82118
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22795

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Affected versions

All versions before 6.1.7.1, all versions starting from 7.0.0 before 7.0.4.1

Fixed versions

  • 6.1.7.1
  • 7.0.4.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 6.1.7.1, 7.0.4.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Source file

gem/rails/CVE-2023-22795.yml

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