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CVE-2024-47220
HTTP Request Smuggling in ruby webrick
Impact
An issue was discovered in the WEBrick toolkit through 1.8.1 for Ruby. It allows HTTP request smuggling by providing both a Content-Length header and a Transfer-Encoding header, e.g., "GET /admin HTTP/1.1\r\n" inside of a "POST /user HTTP/1.1\r\n" request. NOTE: the supplier's position is "Webrick should not be used in production."
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | webrick | <= 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6f62-3596-g6w7
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-47220
- https://github.com/ruby/webrick/issues/145
- https://github.com/ruby/webrick/pull/146/commits/d88321da45dcd230ac2b4585cad4833d6d5e8841
- https://github.com/ruby/webrick/commit/f5faca9222541591e1a7c3c97552ebb0c92733c7
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/webrick/CVE-2024-47220.yml
- https://github.com/ruby/webrick/issues/145#issuecomment-2369994610
- https://github.com/ruby/webrick/issues/145#issuecomment-2372838285