Name: CVE-2023-31606: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-31606, CWE-1333, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.01513

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in the sanitize_html function of redcloth gem v4.0.0. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted payload.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade ruby-redcloth	Jul 10, 2023	Jun 6, 2023
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-ruby/redcloth.	Jan 11, 2024	Jun 6, 2023
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade ruby-redcloth (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ruby-redcloth	Sep 18, 2023	Jun 6, 2023

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