CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-16470

There is a possible DoS vulnerability in the multipart parser in Rack before 2.0.6. Specially crafted requests can cause the multipart parser to enter a pathological state, causing the parser to use CPU resources disproportionate to the request size.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/rubyonrails-security/U_x-YkfuVTg/xhvYAmp6AAAJ Mailing List Patch
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rack_project:rack:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-11-13 11:29

Updated : 2019-10-09 11:36

NVD link : CVE-2018-16470

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16470

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-400