CVE-2018-16470

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 13 Nov 2018, 23:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 10:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.18% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Nov 2018, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 10:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.18%• Percentile: 39%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-400•Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

    The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.

Affected Systems

  • rack_project•rack

    2.0.4 | 2.0.5

  • rack•rack

    2.0.6

References (2)