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GHSA-wwhv-wxv9-rpgw

Possible ReDoS vulnerability in plain_text_for_blockquote_node in Action Text

Quick fix

GHSA-wwhv-wxv9-rpgw — actiontext: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

bundle update actiontext

Details

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](https://hackerone.com/ooooooo_q) for the report!

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Affected packages

RubyGems/actiontext
Introduced in: 6.0.0Fixed in: 6.1.7.9
Fixbundle update actiontext
RubyGems/actiontext
Introduced in: 7.0.0Fixed in: 7.0.8.5
Fixbundle update actiontext
RubyGems/actiontext
Introduced in: 7.1.0Fixed in: 7.1.4.1
Fixbundle update actiontext
RubyGems/actiontext
Introduced in: 7.2.0Fixed in: 7.2.1.1
Fixbundle update actiontext

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