CVE-2018-16470

HIGH

Rack < 2.0.6 - Denial of Service via Multipart Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3172

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0018
EPSS Percentile 38.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400
Status published
Products (3)
rack_project/rack 2.0.4
rack_project/rack 2.0.5
rubygems/rack 2.0.4 - 2.0.6RubyGems
Published Nov 13, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026