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CVE-2018-16470 (GCVE-0-2018-16470)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-13 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:24
VLAI
Summary
There is a possible DoS vulnerability in the multipart parser in Rack before 2.0.6. Specially crafted requests can cause the multipart parser to enter a pathological state, causing the parser to use CPU resources disproportionate to the request size.
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Denial of Service (CWE-400)
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Rack Rack Affected: 2.0.6
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Date Public
2018-11-05 00:00
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