CVE-2023-31606

high

Description

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in the sanitize_html function of redcloth gem v4.0.0. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted payload.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-14

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/07/msg00002.html

https://github.com/jgarber/redcloth/issues/73

https://github.com/jgarber/redcloth

https://github.com/e23e/CVE-2023-31606#readme

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-06-06

Updated: 2024-01-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H