CVE-2023-22796 (High) detected in activesupport-4.2.10.gem

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CVE-2023-22796 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - activesupport-4.2.10.gem

A toolkit of support libraries and Ruby core extensions extracted from the Rails framework. Rich support for multibyte strings, internationalization, time zones, and testing.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/activesupport-4.2.10.gem

Path to dependency file: /vendor/github.com/hashicorp/vault/website/Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /vendor/github.com/hashicorp/vault/website/Gemfile.lock

Dependency Hierarchy:

• middleman-hashicorp-0.3.30.gem (Root Library)
  • middleman-3.4.1.gem
    • middleman-sprockets-3.5.0.gem
      • middleman-core-3.4.1.gem
        • ❌ activesupport-4.2.10.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 9060713df80212ee5546b36d1083fb607520eb0b

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2023-02-09

URL: CVE-2023-22796

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-j6gc-792m-qgm2

Release Date: 2023-02-09

Fix Resolution: activesupport - 6.1.7.1,7.0.4.1

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