JetBrains YouTrack Ruby Syntax Detector ReDoS Vulnerability
CVE-2024-54157 Published on December 4, 2024
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2024.3.52635 potential ReDoS was possible due to vulnerable RegExp in Ruby syntax detector
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-54157 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a ReDoS Vulnerability?
The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. Some regular expression engines have a feature called "backtracking". If the token cannot match, the engine "backtracks" to a position that may result in a different token that can match. Backtracking becomes a weakness if all of these conditions are met:
CVE-2024-54157 has been classified to as a ReDoS vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-54157
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Affected Versions
JetBrains YouTrack:- Before 2024.3.52635 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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