SB2023011833 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Ruby on Rails 



SB2023011833 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Ruby on Rails

Published: January 18, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023011833
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 6
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 17% Medium 83%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22796)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a regular expression based denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Active Support in Inflector.underscore. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a regular expression based denial of service (ReDoS) attack.


2) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22794)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the ActiveRecord comments. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.


3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-44566)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in ActiveRecord’s PostgreSQL adapter. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Open redirect (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22797)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to redirect victims to arbitrary URL.

The vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of user-supplied data in Action Pack. A remote attacker can create a link that leads to a trusted website, however, when clicked, redirects the victim to arbitrary domain.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to perform a phishing attack and steal potentially sensitive information.


5) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22795)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Action Dispatch. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


6) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22792)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Action Dispatch. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.