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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : Rack vulnerabilities (USN-7960-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 288868

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7960-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Rack incorrectly handled certain query parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a limited denial of service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-59830)

 It was discovered that Rack did not properly handle certain multipart form data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause memory exhaustion, leading to a denial of service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-61770, CVE-2025-61772)

 It was discovered that Rack did not properly handle certain form fields. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause memory exhaustion, leading to a denial of service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-61771)

 It was discovered that Rack did not properly handle certain headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass proxy access restrictions and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2025-61780)

 Tomoya Yamashita discovered that Rack did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause memory exhaustion, leading to a denial of service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10.
 (CVE-2025-61919)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected ruby-rack package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7960-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 288868

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7960-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61780

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-rack, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-59830, CVE-2025-61770, CVE-2025-61771, CVE-2025-61772, CVE-2025-61780, CVE-2025-61919

USN: 7960-1