GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-j24p-r6wx-r79w High severity vulnerability that affects thin

HIGH Published 2017-10-24 Modified 2021-09-14 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2009-3287
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
thin
Severity
High
Weaknesses
CWE-20
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• RubyGems thin: < 1.2.4 → fixed in 1.2.4

Description

lib/thin/connection.rb in Thin web server before 1.2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For header to determine the IP address of the client, which allows remote attackers to spoof the IP address and hide activities via a modified X-Forwarded-For header.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2009-3287 lib/thin/connection.rb in Thin web server before 1.2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For header to determine the IP address of the client,… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References