Rack up to 1.4.3 AbstractRequest denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Rack. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function Rack::Auth::AbstractRequest. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Rack::Auth::AbstractRequest in Rack 1.1.x before 1.1.5, 1.2.x before 1.2.7, 1.3.x before 1.3.9, and 1.4.x before 1.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors related to "symbolized arbitrary strings."

The weakness was published 03/01/2013 by Paul as Bug 895384 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-0184 since 12/06/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70534 (Debian DSA-2783-1 : librack-ruby - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166267 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for Ruby On Rails 3.2 stack (SUSE-SU-2013:0707-2)).

Upgrading to version 1.4.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81344) and Tenable (70534). Similar entries are available at 7681, 8032, 10950 and 59851.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 70534
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2783-1 : librack-ruby - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 892783
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2783-1 (librack-ruby - several vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Rack 1.4.3

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 895384
Researcher: Paul
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2013-0184 (🔍)
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X-Force: 81344
Vulnerability Center: 38720 - Rack Multiple Versions Remote DoS via Symbolized Arbitrary Strings in AbstractRequest, Medium
SecurityFocus: 57430 - RETIRED: Rack Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/29/2021 18:33
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (68), 04/25/2017 11:50 (5), 12/29/2021 18:33 (3)
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