Affected: rack

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to version 2.2.18, Rack::QueryParser enforces its params_limit only for parameters separated by &, while still splitting on both & and ;. As a result, attackers could use ; separators to bypass the parameter count limit and submit more parameters than intended. Applications or middleware that directly invoke Rack::QueryParser with its default configuration (no explicit delimiter) could be exposed to increased CPU and memory consumption. This can be abused as a limited denial-of-service vector. This issue has been patched in version 2.2.18.

Affected: Ubuntu:24.04:LTS: ruby-rack

It was discovered that Rack incorrectly handled limiting the amount of parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass the params_limit value, leading to a denial of service.