CVE-2018-16470

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    CVE-2018-16470

    Published: 13 Nov 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rubyonrails-security/U_x-YkfuVTg/xhvYAmp6AAAJ, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0a95875745ec65e91a57460a41373ae4d3a94934
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.0.4
    2.0.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High