#VU15971 Resource exhaustion in Rack - CVE-2018-16470
Published: November 19, 2018 / Updated: November 20, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15971
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16470
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Rack
Rack
Software vendor:
Rack
Rack
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to resource exhaustion condition in the multipart parser when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can send a custom request, cause the parser to use an excessive amount of CPU resources and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Update to version 2.0.6.