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Debian: CVE-2023-22792: rails -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-22792: rails -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
02/09/2023
Created
03/15/2023
Added
03/14/2023
Modified
01/28/2025

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-rails

References

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