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.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5372-1 rails security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-0513 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p84v-45xj-wwqj ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in Action Dispatch
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Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-24T20:30:41.601Z

Reserved: 2023-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-22792

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:20:30.853Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-09T20:15:11.290

Modified: 2025-03-24T21:15:16.240

Link: CVE-2023-22792

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-01-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-22792 - Bugzilla

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