CVE-2023-31606 – redcloth

Package

Manager: gem
Name: redcloth
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <4.3.3

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: 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

EPSS: 0.00834 pctl0.73746

Details

RedCloth Regular Expression Denial of Service issue A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in the `sanitize_html` function of RedCloth gem. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted payload.

Metadata

Created: 2023-06-06T18:30:20Z
Modified: 2024-01-09T23:32:33Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/06/GHSA-qcm3-vfq5-wfr2/GHSA-qcm3-vfq5-wfr2.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-1333"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-qcm3-vfq5-wfr2
Finding: F211
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