========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6905-1 July 23, 2024
ruby-rack vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Rack could be made to consume resources and cause long delays if it
processed certain input.
Software Description:
- ruby-rack: modular Ruby webserver interface
Details:
It was discovered that Rack incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Rack to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-27539)
It was discovered that Rack incorrectly handled Multipart MIME parsing.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Rack to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-27530)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
ruby-rack 2.1.4-5ubuntu1+esm4
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
ruby-rack 2.0.7-2ubuntu0.1+esm4
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
ruby-rack 1.6.4-4ubuntu0.2+esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
ruby-rack 1.6.4-3ubuntu0.2+esm5
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
ruby-rack 1.5.2-3+deb8u3ubuntu1~esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
After a standard system update you need to restart any applications using
Rack to make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6905-1
CVE-2023-27530, CVE-2023-27539
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