1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6689-1

USN-6689-1: Rack vulnerabilities

Publication date

12 March 2024

Overview

Rack could be made do denial of service if it received a specially crafted header.

Releases

Packages

  • ruby-rack - modular Ruby webserver interface

Details

It was discovered that Rack incorrectly parse some headers.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-27539, CVE-2024-26141, CVE-2024-26146)

It was discovered that Rack incorrectly parse some headers.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-27539, CVE-2024-26141, CVE-2024-26146)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.10 mantic ruby-rack –  2.2.4-3ubuntu0.1

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