CVE-2024-47887
Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to versions 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5, 7.1.4.1, and 7.2.1.1, there is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in Action Controller's HTTP Token authentication.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.04%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. Starting in version 4.0.0 and prior to versions 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5, 7.1.4.1, and 7.2.1.1, there is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in Action Controller's HTTP Token authentication. For applications using HTTP Token authentication via `authenticate_or_request_with_http_token` or similar, a carefully crafted header may cause header parsing to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. All users running an affected release should either upgrade to versions 6.1.7.9, 7.0.8.5, 7.1.4.1, or 7.2.1.1 or apply the relevant patch immediately. One may choose to use Ruby 3.2 as a workaround.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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 6.6 MEDIUMCVSS: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/M
- EPSS
- 1.04% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/56b2fc3302836405b496e196a8d5fc0195e55049
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/7c1398854d51f9bb193fb79f226647351133d08a
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/8e057db25bff1dc7a98e9ae72e0083825b9ac545
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/f4dc83d8926509d0958ec21fcdbc2e7df3d32ce2
- https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-vfg9-r3fq-jvx4
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.