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Debian: DSA-3322-1 Moderate: Ruby-Rack SystemStackError DoS

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Calendar Grey July 31, 2015
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The Debian Security Team warned of a potential denial of service vulnerability in ruby-rack, caused by a SystemStackError, exploitable by remote attackers
Tomek Rabczak from the NCC Group discovered a flaw in the normalize_params() method in Rack, a modular Ruby webserver interface
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.4.1-2.1+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.2-3+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.2-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-rack packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: ruby-rack
CVE ID: CVE-2015-3225

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security advisory denial of service debian ruby rack system stack error

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