ADVISORIES
GEM
UNAFFECTED VERSIONS
- < 1.3.0
PATCHED VERSIONS
- ~> 2.2.8, >= 2.2.8.1
- >= 3.0.9.1
DESCRIPTION
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.