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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS13d2h2LXd4djktcnBnd84ABATc

Possible ReDoS vulnerability in plain_text_for_blockquote_node in Action Text

There is a possible ReDoS vulnerability in the plain_text_for_blockquote_node helper in Action Text. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-47888.

Impact

Carefully crafted text can cause the plain_text_for_blockquote_node helper to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a DoS vulnerability. All users running an affected release should either upgrade or apply the relevant patch immediately.

Ruby 3.2 has mitigations for this problem, so Rails applications using Ruby 3.2 or newer are unaffected. Rails 8.0.0.beta1 depends on Ruby 3.2 or greater so is unaffected.

Releases

The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds

Users can avoid calling plain_text_for_blockquote_node or upgrade to Ruby 3.2

Credits

Thanks to ooooooo_q for the report!

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wwhv-wxv9-rpgw
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: about 1 month ago
Updated: 21 days ago

Identifiers: GHSA-wwhv-wxv9-rpgw, CVE-2024-47888
References:

• https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-wwhv-wxv9-rpgw
• https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actiontext/CVE-2024-47888.yml
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wwhv-wxv9-rpgw

Repository: https://github.com/rails/rails
Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages