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USN-6837-1: Rack vulnerabilities

17 June 2024

Several security issues were fixed in Rack.

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Releases

Packages

  • ruby-rack - modular Ruby webserver interface

Details

It was discovered that Rack incorrectly handled Multipart MIME parsing. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Rack to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
23.10. (CVE-2023-27530)

It was discovered that Rack incorrectly parsed certain media types. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Rack to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2024-25126)

It was discovered that Rack incorrectly handled certain Range headers. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Rack to create large
responses, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-26141)

It was discovered that Rack incorrectly handled certain crafted headers. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Rack to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-26146)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 23.10

After a standard system update you need to restart any applications using
Rack to make all the necessary changes.

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