openEuler 22.03 LTS SP1 update for rubygem-activesupport
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2023-22796 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
openEuler Operating systems & Components / Operating system rubygem-activesupport-doc Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component rubygem-activesupport Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
| Vendor | openEuler |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Input validation error
EUVDB-ID: #VU71303
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22796
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a regular expression based denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Active Support in Inflector.underscore. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a regular expression based denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's repository.
Vulnerable software versionsopenEuler: 22.03 LTS SP1
rubygem-activesupport-doc: before 6.1.4.1-3
rubygem-activesupport: before 6.1.4.1-3
External linkshttp://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2023-1154
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
