CVE-2022-44572 (Medium) detected in rack-2.2.3.gem

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CVE-2022-44572 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - rack-2.2.3.gem

Rack provides a minimal, modular and adaptable interface for developing web applications in Ruby. By wrapping HTTP requests and responses in the simplest way possible, it unifies and distills the API for web servers, web frameworks, and software in between (the so-called middleware) into a single method call.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/rack-2.2.3.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• middleman-syntax-3.2.0.gem (Root Library)
  • middleman-core-4.3.11.gem
    • ❌ rack-2.2.3.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

There is a denial of service vulnerability in the multipart parsing component of Rack. Carefully crafted input can cause RFC2183 multipart boundary parsing in Rack to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a denial of service attack vector. Fixed Versions: 2.0.9.2,2.1.4.2,2.2.6.2,3.0.4.1

Publish Date: 2022-11-02

URL: CVE-2022-44572

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-rqv2-275x-2jq5

Release Date: 2022-11-02

Fix Resolution: rack - 2.0.9.2,2.1.4.2,2.2.6.2,3.0.4.1