GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-x76w-6vjr-8xgj Possible ReDoS vulnerability in query parameter filtering in Action Dispatch

MEDIUM Published 2024-10-15 Modified 2024-10-31 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-41128
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
actionpack
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses
CWE-770
Reviewed
2024-10-15

Affected packages

• RubyGems actionpack: >= 3.1.0, < 6.1.7.9 → fixed in 6.1.7.9 • RubyGems actionpack: >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.8.5 → fixed in 7.0.8.5 • RubyGems actionpack: >= 7.1.0, < 7.1.4.1 → fixed in 7.1.4.1 • RubyGems actionpack: >= 7.2.0, < 7.2.1.1 → fixed in 7.2.1.1

Description

There is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the query parameter filtering routines of Action Dispatch. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-41128. Impact ------ Carefully crafted query parameters can cause query parameter filtering to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or apply the relevant patch immediately. Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for this problem, so Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected. Rails 8.0.0.beta1 depends on Ruby 3.2 or greater so is unaffected. Releases -------- The fixed releases are available at the normal locations. Workarounds ----------- Users on Ruby 3.2 are unaffected by this issue. Credits ------- Thanks to scyoon for the report and patches!

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-41128 Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness

References