GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-h77x-m5q8-c29h Rack vulnerable to REDoS

MEDIUM Published 2017-10-24 Modified 2023-08-25 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2012-6109
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
rack
Severity
Moderate
Weaknesses
CWE-835
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• RubyGems rack: < 1.1.4 → fixed in 1.1.4 • RubyGems rack: >= 1.2.0, < 1.2.6 → fixed in 1.2.6 • RubyGems rack: >= 1.3.0, < 1.3.7 → fixed in 1.3.7 • RubyGems rack: >= 1.4.0, < 1.4.2 → fixed in 1.4.2

Description

`lib/rack/multipart.rb` in Rack before 1.1.4, 1.2.x before 1.2.6, 1.3.x before 1.3.7, and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 uses an incorrect regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Content-Disposion header.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2012-6109 lib/rack/multipart.rb in Rack before 1.1.4, 1.2.x before 1.2.6, 1.3.x before 1.3.7, and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 uses an incorrect regular… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References