CVE-2022-44566

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability present in ActiveRecord's PostgreSQL adapter <7.0.4.1 and <6.1.7.1. When a value outside the range for a 64bit signed integer is provided to the PostgreSQL connection adapter, it will treat the target column type as numeric. Comparing integer values against numeric values can result in a slow sequential scan resulting in potential Denial of Service.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-400: Denial of Service (CWE-400)

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2022-44566-possible-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-activerecords-postgresql-adapter/82119
• https://code.jeremyevans.net/2022-11-01-forcing-sequential-scans-on-postgresql.html

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2022-44566-possible-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-activerecords-postgresql-adapter/82119
• https://code.jeremyevans.net/2022-11-01-forcing-sequential-scans-on-postgresql.html

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