ghsa-hg78-4f6x-99wq
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-11-15 15:58
Modified
2023-08-28 12:46
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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "rack"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2.0.4"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.0.6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-16470"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:40:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-11-13T23:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-hg78-4f6x-99wq",
  "modified": "2023-08-28T12:46:14Z",
  "published": "2018-11-15T15:58:58Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16470"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/rack/rack"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack/CVE-2018-16470.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rubyonrails-security/U_x-YkfuVTg/xhvYAmp6AAAJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/Dz4sRl-ktKk"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Rack vulnerable to Denial of Service"
}


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