MGASA-2018-0449

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    MGASA-2018-0449

    Published: 15 Nov 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16471

    Summary: Updated ruby-rack packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: There is a possible XSS vulnerability in Rack. Carefully crafted requests can impact the data returned by the `scheme` method on `Rack::Request`.Applications that expect the scheme to be limited to "http" or "https" and do not escape the return value could be vulnerable to an XSS attack (CVE-2018-16471).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0449.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23813, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/05/2

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby-rack

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ruby-rack?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.11-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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