CVE-2023-22796 (Medium) detected in activesupport-6.0.0.gem - autoclosed

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CVE-2023-22796 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - activesupport-6.0.0.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-6.0.0.gem

Dependency Hierarchy: - responders-3.0.0.gem (Root Library) - actionpack-6.0.0.gem - :x: **activesupport-6.0.0.gem** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

There is a possible regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Active Support. 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. The issue is patched in versions 6.1.7.1 and 7.0.4.1.

Publish Date: 2023-01-06

URL: CVE-2023-22796

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Local - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: Required - 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: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j6gc-792m-qgm2

Release Date: 2023-01-06

Fix Resolution: activesupport - 6.1.7.1,7.0.4.1

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:heavy_check_mark: This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.