#VU77803 Incorrect Regular Expression in URI - CVE-2023-36617
Published: June 29, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77803
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36617
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
URI
URI
Software vendor:
rubygems.org
rubygems.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when parsing URL. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted URL to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.
Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU74004 (CVE-2023-28755).
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.