GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-qxmr-qxh6-2cc9 ReDos vulnerability on guest checkout email validation

HIGH Published 2021-12-07 Modified 2021-12-08 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-43805
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
solidus_core
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-1333
Reviewed
2021-12-07

Affected packages

• RubyGems solidus_core: < 2.11.13 → fixed in 2.11.13 • RubyGems solidus_core: >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.4 → fixed in 3.0.4 • RubyGems solidus_core: >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.4 → fixed in 3.1.4

Description

Impact Denial of service vulnerability that could be exploited during a guest checkout. The regular expression used to validate a guest order's email was subject to exponential backtracking through a fragment like `a.a.`. Before the patch, it can be reproduced in the console like this: ```ruby irb(main)> Spree::EmailValidator::EMAIL_REGEXP.match "[email protected].@" processing time: 54.293660s => nil ``` To reproduce in the browser, fill in the "Customer Email" field with that fake email address during a guest checkout. Before that, you should open the browser dev tools and change the `type` attribute for that field from `email` to `text`. After entering a fake address and pressing the "Save & Continue" button, the browser will take a long term to perform the request before showing an error message for the invalid address. Eventually, making the email string even longer could lead to the exhaustion of server resources. Patches Versions 3.1.4, 3.0.4, and 2.11.13 have been patched to use a different regular expression. There's an improbable chance that some orders in your system end up having associated an email address that is no longer valid. We've added a task to check precisely that: ```bash bin/rails solidus:check_orders_with_invalid_email ``` The above will print information for every affected order if any. Workarounds If a prompt upgrade is not an option, please, add the following to `config/application.rb`: ```ruby config.after_initialize do Spree::EmailValidator.send(:remove_const, :EMAIL_REGEXP) Spree::EmailValidator::EMAIL_REGEXP = URI::MailTo::EMAIL_REGEXP end ``` References • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReDoS • https://snyk.io/blog/redos-and-catastrophic-backtracking/ For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: • Open an issue or a discussion in Solidus. • Email us at [email protected] • Contact the core team on Slack

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-43805 Solidus is a free, open-source ecommerce platform built on Rails. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity weakness

References