medium6.5
CVE-2024-39316
Rack ReDoS Vulnerability in HTTP Accept Headers Parsing
Impact
### Summary A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerability exists in the `Rack::Request::Helpers` module when parsing HTTP Accept headers. This vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker sending specially crafted `Accept-Encoding` or `Accept-Language` headers, causing the server to spend excessive time processing the request and leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). ### Details The fix for https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-54rr-7fvw-6x8f was not applied to the main branch and thus while the issue was fixed for the Rack v3.0 release series, it was not fixed in the v3.1 release series until v3.1.5.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | rack | >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 | 3.1.5 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Rack | Rack | from 3.1.0 before 3.1.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/412c980450ca729ee37f90a2661f166a9665e058
- https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-54rr-7fvw-6x8f
- https://github.com/rack/rack/security/advisories/GHSA-cj83-2ww7-mvq7
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj83-2ww7-mvq7
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39316
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack/CVE-2024-39316.yml
- https://advisory.dw1.io/61