CVE-2012-6109 — Infinite Loop in Rack

CWE-835 — Infinite Loop8 documents7 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
RackRack Project Rack
Timeline
PublishedMar 1
Latest updateOct 24

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶RubyGemsrack/rack1.2.0 — 1.2.6+3
▶NVDrack_project/rack1.1.3+24

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
Rack vulnerable to REDoS↗2017-10-24
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OSV
Rack vulnerable to REDoS↗2017-10-24
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CVEList
CVE-2012-6109: lib/rack/multipart↗2013-03-01
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OSV
CVE-2012-6109: lib/rack/multipart↗2013-03-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
rubygem-rack: parsing Content-Disposition header DoS↗2012-05-04
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Debian
CVE-2012-6109: ruby-rack - lib/rack/multipart.rb in Rack before 1.1.4, 1.2.x before 1.2.6, 1.3.x before 1.3...↗2012
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-6109 rubygem-rack: parsing Content-Disposition header DoS↗2013-01-14
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