GHSA-hg78-4f6x-99wq
Suggest an improvement- Source
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hg78-4f6x-99wq
- Import Source
- https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/11/GHSA-hg78-4f6x-99wq/GHSA-hg78-4f6x-99wq.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-hg78-4f6x-99wq
- Aliases
- Published
- 2018-11-15T15:58:58Z
- Modified
- 2023-11-04T05:21:43.475955Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Rack vulnerable to Denial of Service
- Details
-
There is a possible DoS vulnerability in the multipart parser in Rack before 2.0.6. Specially crafted requests can cause the multipart parser to enter a pathological state, causing the parser to use CPU resources disproportionate to the request size.
- References
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16470
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172
- https://github.com/rack/rack
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack/CVE-2018-16470.yml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rubyonrails-security/U_x-YkfuVTg/xhvYAmp6AAAJ
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/Dz4sRl-ktKk
Affected packages
RubyGems / rack
Package
- Name
- rack
- Purl
- pkg:gem/rack