Ruby on Rails up to 7.1.3.0 Accept Header redos

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ruby on Rails up to 7.1.3.0 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Accept Header Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to redos. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-26142. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Ruby on Rails up to 7.1.3.0 (Programming Language Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Accept Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redos vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1333. The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Rails is a web-application framework. Starting in version 7.1.0, there is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the Accept header parsing routines of Action Dispatch. This vulnerability is patched in 7.1.3.1. Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for this problem, so Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected.

The weakness was disclosed 02/27/2024 as GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wq. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-26142 since 02/14/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1449.003 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 7.1.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Redos
CWE: CWE-1333 / CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ruby on Rails 7.1.3.1
Patch: b4d3bfb5ed8a5b5a90aad3a3b28860c7a931e272

Timelineinfo

02/14/2024 🔍
02/27/2024 +13 days 🔍
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02/14/2025 +353 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-jjhx-jhvp-74wq
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-26142 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-26142
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254902

Entryinfo

Created: 02/27/2024 17:48
Updated: 02/14/2025 19:58
Changes: 02/27/2024 17:48 (52), 02/14/2025 19:58 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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