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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: USN-7031-1 critical: Puma header overwrite issue

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Calendar Grey September 24, 2024
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The persistent header replacement problem with Puma necessitates immediate patches for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Safeguard your system by installing the most recent updates.
Puma could be made to overwrite headers if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Puma could be made to overwrite headers if it received specially crafted

network traffic.

Software Description:

- puma: threaded HTTP 1.1 server for Ruby/Rack applications

Details:

It was discovered that Puma incorrectly handled parsing certain headers.

A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite header values

set by intermediate proxies by providing duplicate headers containing

underscore characters.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu network traffic update instruction Puma header overwrite

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   puma                            6.4.2-4ubuntu4.3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7031-1

CVE-2024-45614

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7031-1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu network traffic update instruction Puma header overwrite

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puma/6.4.2-4ubuntu4.3

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