USN-6837-2

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    USN-6837-2

    Published: 19 Aug 2024Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: ruby-rack vulnerabilities

    Details: 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. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (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. (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. (CVE-2024-26146)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6837-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25126, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26141, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-26146

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby-rack

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-rack?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.2-3+deb8u3ubuntu1~esm8

    Affected versions

    1.5.2-1
    1.5.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
    1.5.2-3+deb8u3ubuntu1~esm2
    1.5.2-3+deb8u3ubuntu1~esm3
    1.5.2-3+deb8u3ubuntu1~esm4
    1.5.2-3+deb8u3ubuntu1~esm6
    1.5.2-3+deb8u3ubuntu1~esm7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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