CVE-2018-16470

high

Description

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.

References

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rubyonrails-security/U_x-YkfuVTg/xhvYAmp6AAAJ

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-11-13

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High