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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
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
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

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 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.

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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

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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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