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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6689-1 Moderate: Rack Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey March 12, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-6689-1 tackles rack-based denial of service vulnerabilities and offers guidance for applying updates.
Rack could be made do denial of service if it received a specially crafted header.

Summary

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

crafted header.

Software Description:

- 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)

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
  ruby-rack                       2.2.4-3ubuntu0.1

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

References

CVE-2023-27539, CVE-2024-26141, CVE-2024-26146

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6689-1

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Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-rack/2.2.4-3ubuntu0.1

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