Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting libdb-debuginfo package, versions <0:5.3.28-42.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBDBDEBUGINFO-6056038
  • published12 Nov 2023
  • disclosed9 Feb 2023

Introduced: 9 Feb 2023

CVE-2023-22796  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libdb-debuginfo to version 0:5.3.28-42.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2023:6818.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libdb-debuginfo package and not the libdb-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A regular expression based DoS vulnerability in Active Support <6.1.7.1 and <7.0.4.1. A specially crafted string passed to the underscore method can cause the regular expression engine to enter a state of catastrophic backtracking. This can cause the process to use large amounts of CPU and memory, leading to a possible DoS vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1