Advisory details:
vulnrichment / CVE-2023-22792
| Advisory ID | vulnrichment/CVE-2023-22792 |
| Aliases | |
| Summary | A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch <6.0.6.1,< 6.1.7.1, and <7.0.4.1. Specially crafted cookies, in combination with a specially crafted X_FORWARDED_HOST header 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 All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 0.0 |
| Risk | |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches | Package Commit Patches Details |
| There are no known CWE. |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv3.1 | 7.5 | |
| ssvc | Track |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-22792-possible-redos-based-dos-vulnerability-in-action-dispatch/82115 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5372 | ||
| ntap-20240202-0007 | Other | https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240202-0007/ |
No exploits are available.
No EPSS data available for this advisory.
| Patch URL | |
|---|---|
| There are no known patches. | |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Scope (S) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent_network local physical |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-03-24T20:30:13Z/
Decision: Track
Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/22xxx/CVE-2023-22792.json
Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2023-22792
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