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GHSA-xj5v-6v4g-jfw6
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Possible DoS Vulnerability with Range Header in Rack
There is a possible DoS vulnerability relating to the Range request header in Rack. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-26141.
Versions Affected: >= 1.3.0. Not affected: < 1.3.0 Fixed Versions: 3.0.9.1, 2.2.8.1
Impact
Carefully crafted Range headers can cause a server to respond with an unexpectedly large response. Responding with such large responses could lead to a denial of service issue.
Vulnerable applications will use the Rack::File middleware or the
Rack::Utils.byte_ranges methods (this includes Rails applications).
Releases
The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.
Workarounds
There are no feasible workarounds for this issue.
Patches
To aid users who aren't able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset.
- 3-0-range.patch - Patch for 3.0 series
- 2-2-range.patch - Patch for 2.2 series
Credits
Thank you ooooooo_q for the report and patch
Measures severity based on intrinsic characteristics of the vulnerability, independent of environment.
No exploitation activity has been observed at this time. Continue routine monitoring.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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