ghsa-xj5v-6v4g-jfw6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-02-28 22:57
Modified
2024-02-29 02:30
Summary
Rack has possible DoS Vulnerability with Range Header
Details

Possible DoS Vulnerability with Range Header in Rack

There is a possible DoS vulnerability relating to the Range request header in Rack. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-26141.

Versions Affected: >= 1.3.0. Not affected: < 1.3.0 Fixed Versions: 3.0.9.1, 2.2.8.1

Impact

Carefully crafted Range headers can cause a server to respond with an unexpectedly large response. Responding with such large responses could lead to a denial of service issue.

Vulnerable applications will use the Rack::File middleware or the Rack::Utils.byte_ranges methods (this includes Rails applications).

Releases

The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds

There are no feasible workarounds for this issue.

Patches

To aid users who aren't able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset.

  • 3-0-range.patch - Patch for 3.0 series
  • 2-2-range.patch - Patch for 2.2 series

Credits

Thank you ooooooo_q for the report and patch

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    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-02-28T22:57:12Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-02-29T00:15:51Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-xj5v-6v4g-jfw6",
  "modified": "2024-02-29T02:30:42Z",
  "published": "2024-02-28T22:57:12Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/62457686b26d33a15a254c7768c2076e8e02b48b"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/possible-dos-vulnerability-with-range-header-in-rack/84944"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "Rack has possible DoS Vulnerability with Range Header"
}


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