USN-5896-1

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    USN-5896-1

    Published: 27 Feb 2023Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: ruby-rack vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Rack was not properly parsing data when processing multipart POST requests. If a user or automated system were tricked into sending a specially crafted multipart POST request to an application using Rack, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-30122) It was discovered that Rack was not properly escaping untrusted data when performing logging operations, which could cause shell escaped sequences to be written to a terminal. If a user or automated system were tricked into sending a specially crafted request to an application using Rack, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code in the machine running the application. (CVE-2022-30123)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby-rack

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6.4-4ubuntu0.2+esm2

    Affected versions

    1.6.4-4
    1.6.4-4ubuntu0.1
    1.6.4-4ubuntu0.2
    1.6.4-4ubuntu0.2+esm1

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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