Debian: CVE-2023-22796: rails -- security update

Debian: CVE-2023-22796: rails -- security update

Severity

8

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

02/09/2023

Created

03/15/2023

Added

03/14/2023

Modified

01/28/2025

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.

Solution(s)

• debian-upgrade-rails

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2023-22796
• CVE - 2023-22796
• DSA-5372
• DSA-5372-1