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CVE-2023-22799 (globalid): ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in GlobalID

ADVISORIES

GEM

globalid

UNAFFECTED VERSIONS

  • < 0.2.1

PATCHED VERSIONS

  • >= 1.0.1

DESCRIPTION

There is a ReDoS based DoS vulnerability in the GlobalID gem. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2023-22799.

Versions Affected: >= 0.2.1 Not affected: < 0.2.1 Fixed Versions: 1.0.1

Impact

There is a possible DoS vulnerability in the model name parsing section of the GlobalID gem. Carefully crafted input can cause the regular expression engine to take an unexpected amount of time. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or use one of the workarounds immediately.

Workarounds

There are no feasible workarounds for this issue.