7.5
HIGH
CVE-2020-7663
"Ruby WebSocket-Extensions Regex Backtracking DoS"
Description

websocket-extensions ruby module prior to 0.1.5 allows Denial of Service (DoS) via Regex Backtracking. The extension parser may take quadratic time when parsing a header containing an unclosed string parameter value whose content is a repeating two-byte sequence of a backslash and some other character. This could be abused by an attacker to conduct Regex Denial Of Service (ReDoS) on a single-threaded server by providing a malicious payload with the Sec-WebSocket-Extensions header.

INFO

Published Date :

June 2, 2020, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 20, 2023, 6:22 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-7663 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-7663 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Websocket-extensions_project websocket-extensions
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-7663.

URL Resource
https://blog.jcoglan.com/2020/06/02/redos-vulnerability-in-websocket-extensions Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby/commit/aa156a439da681361ed6f53f1a8131892418838b Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-g6wq-qcwm-j5g2 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00031.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-WEBSOCKETEXTENSIONS-570830 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4502-1/ Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-7663 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-7663 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00031.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4502-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4502-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4502-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 19, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.jcoglan.com/2020/06/02/redos-vulnerability-in-websocket-extensions No Types Assigned https://blog.jcoglan.com/2020/06/02/redos-vulnerability-in-websocket-extensions Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby/commit/aa156a439da681361ed6f53f1a8131892418838b No Types Assigned https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby/commit/aa156a439da681361ed6f53f1a8131892418838b Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-g6wq-qcwm-j5g2 No Types Assigned https://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby/security/advisories/GHSA-g6wq-qcwm-j5g2 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-WEBSOCKETEXTENSIONS-570830 No Types Assigned https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-WEBSOCKETEXTENSIONS-570830 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:websocket-extensions_project:websocket-extensions:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.1.5
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

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