CVE-2023-22796 (High) detected in activesupport-4.2.5.gem

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CVE-2023-22796 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - activesupport-4.2.5.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-4.2.5.gem

Path to dependency file: /test/acceptance/workspaces/mono-repo-project-manifests-only/Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /test/acceptance/workspaces/mono-repo-project-manifests-only/Gemfile.lock,/test/acceptance/workspaces/mono-repo-project/Gemfile.lock

Dependency Hierarchy: - actionpack-4.2.5.gem (Root Library) - :x: **activesupport-4.2.5.gem** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 9505f4ca92405cc9273dc3726c2d274ce28a4407

Found in base branch: ALL_HANDS/major-secrets

Vulnerability Details

A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Active Support <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1. 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.

Publish Date: 2023-02-09

URL: CVE-2023-22796

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: Low - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - 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: 2023-02-09

Fix Resolution: activesupport - 6.1.7.1,7.0.4.1

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