CVE-2021-22902
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The actionpack ruby gem (a framework for handling and responding to web requests in Rails) before 6.0.3.7, 6.1.3.2 suffers from a possible denial of service vulnerability in the Mime type parser of Action Dispatch. Carefully crafted Accept headers can cause the mime type parser in Action Dispatch to do catastrophic backtracking in the regular expression engine.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (13)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2022-0341Ruby on Rails: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-05-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Ruby on Rails ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial of Service Zustand auszulösen und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.
- GHSA-g8ww-46x2-2p65Denial of Service in Action Dispatch2021-05-05ghsa · osvUS
Impact ------ There is a possible Denial of Service vulnerability in Action Dispatch. Carefully crafted Accept headers can cause the mime type parser in Action Dispatch to do catastrophic backtracking in the regular expression engine. Releases -------- The fixed releases are available at the normal locations. Workarounds ----------- The following monkey patch placed in an initializer can be used to work around the issue. ```ruby module Mime class Type MIME_REGEXP = /\A(?:\*\/\*|#{MIME_NAME}\/(?:\*|#{MIME_NAME})(?>\s*#{MIME_PARAMETER}\s*)*)\z/ end end ``` Patches ------- To aid users who aren't able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset. * 6-0-Prevent-catastrophic-backtracking-during-mime-parsin.patch - Patch for 6.0 series * 6-1-Prevent-catastrophic-backtracking-during-mime-parsin.patch - Patch for 6.1 series Please note that only the 6.1.Z, 6.0.Z, and 5.2.Z series are supported at present. Users of earlier unsupported releases are advised to upgrade as soon as possible as we cannot guarantee the continued availability of security fixes for unsupported releases. Credits ------- Thanks to Security Curious <security...@pm.me> for reporting this!
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references (11)
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- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2021-22902-possible-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-action-dispatch/77866cnnvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1138654cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164991/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2021-4702-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-22902Patchcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.3919cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021051011cnnvd
- https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/security-bulletin-a-security-vulnerability-in-ruby-on-rails-affects-ibm-cloud-pak-for-multicloud-management-infrastructure-management-2/cnnvd
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2021-22902-possible-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-action-dispatch/77866enisa_euvd
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