# CVE-2022-23633: rails: Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests

CVE-2022-23633 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23633, released February 11, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23633
- Priority: Routine
- CVSS: 5.9 (medium)
- EPSS: 0.0222
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Feb 11, 2022

## Description

Action Pack is a framework for handling and responding to web requests. Under certain circumstances response bodies will not be closed. In the event a response is *not* notified of a `close`, `ActionDispatch::Executor` will not know to reset thread local state for the next request. This can lead to data being leaked to subsequent requests.This has been fixed in Rails 7.0.2.1, 6.1.4.5, 6.0.4.5, and 5.2.6.1. Upgrading is highly recommended, but to work around this problem a middleware described in GHSA-wh98-p28r-vrc9 can be used.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | libdb rocky 8 | 0:5.3.28-42.el8_4 | [RLSA-2022:5498](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rlsa-2022-5498.md) | Jul 5, 2022 |
| Linux | rails Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 2:6.1.4.6+dfsg-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23633](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-23633.md) | Feb 11, 2022 |
| Linux | rails Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 2:6.1.4.6+dfsg-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23633](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-23633.md) | Feb 11, 2022 |
| Linux | rails Debian 14 | 2:6.1.4.6+dfsg-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23633](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2022-23633.md) | Feb 11, 2022 |

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