DEBIAN-CVE-2023-22792

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2023-22792
Downstream
DSA-5372-1
Published: 09 Feb 2023, 20:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:25

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Feb 2023, 20:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•rails

    < 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u1 | < 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1 | < 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1 | < 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1

References (1)