Vulnerability identifier: #VU61895

Vulnerability 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-2022-24713

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
regex
Web applications / Modules and components for CMS

Vendor: Rust Team

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due regex for Rust does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing untrusted input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

regex: 0.1.27 - 1.5.4

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CPE

• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.11:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.10:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.9:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.8:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.7:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.6:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.5:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.4:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.80:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.79:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.78:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.77:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.76:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.75:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.74:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.73:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.72:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.71:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.70:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.69:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.68:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.67:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.66:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.65:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.64:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.63:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.62:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.61:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.60:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.59:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.58:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.57:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.56:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.55:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.54:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.53:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.52:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.51:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.50:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.49:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.48:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.47:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.46:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.45:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.28:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:rust_team:regex:0.1.27:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

External links
http://github.com/rust-lang/regex/security/advisories/GHSA-m5pq-gvj9-9vr8
http://github.com/rust-lang/regex/commit/ae70b41d4f46641dbc45c7a4f87954aea356283e
http://groups.google.com/g/rustlang-security-announcements/c/NcNNL1Jq7Yw
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDOWTHNVGBOP2HN27PUFIGRYNSNDTYRJ/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JANLZ3JXWJR7FSHE57K66UIZUIJZI67T/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3YB7CURSG64CIPCDPNMGPE4UU24AB6H/

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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.