#VU64503 Information disclosure in actionpack - CVE-2022-23633 

 

#VU64503 Information disclosure in actionpack - CVE-2022-23633

Published: June 20, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64503
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23633
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
actionpack
Software vendor:
Ruby

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists in the Rack middleware package of RubyGems, where response bodies will not close under certain circumstances. A remote attacker can iterate requests to force ActionDispatch::Executor to not close, allowing subsequent requests to leak data from ActiveSupport::CurrentAttributes.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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