ADVISORIES
GEM
SEVERITY
CVSS v3.x: 7.5 (High)
PATCHED VERSIONS
- ~> 2.0.9, >= 2.0.9.2
- ~> 2.1.4, >= 2.1.4.2
- ~> 2.2.6, >= 2.2.6.2
- >= 3.0.4.1
DESCRIPTION
There is a possible denial of service vulnerability in the Range header parsing component of Rack. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2022-44570.
Versions Affected: >= 1.5.0 Not affected: None. Fixed Versions: 2.0.9.2, 2.1.4.2, 2.2.6.2, 3.0.4.1
Impact
Carefully crafted input can cause the Range header parsing component in Rack to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a denial of service attack vector. Any applications that deal with Range requests (such as streaming applications, or applications that serve files) may be impacted.
Workarounds
There are no feasible workarounds for this issue.