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CVE-2023-27539 (GCVE-0-2023-27539)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-09 00:33 – Updated: 2025-01-09 21:24
VLAI
Summary
There is a denial of service vulnerability in the header parsing component of Rack.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-09 21:22 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Rails Rack Affected: 2.2.6.4 , < 2.2.6.4 (custom)
Affected: 3.0.6.1 , < 3.0.6.1 (custom)
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