CVE-2023-27539
What it is
There is a denial of service vulnerability in the header parsing component of Rack.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.1% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Rack < 2.2.6.4
- Rack < 3.0.6.1
- Debian Linux 10.0
- Debian Linux 11.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2023-27539.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2023-27539. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-27539-possible-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-racks-header-parsing/82466
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c6qg-cjj8-47qp
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/231ef369ad0b542575fb36c74fcfcfabcf6c530c
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/ee7919ea04303717858be1c3f16b406adc6d8cff
References
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2023-27539-possible-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-racks-header-parsing/82466
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c6qg-cjj8-47qp
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/231ef369ad0b542575fb36c74fcfcfabcf6c530c
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/ee7919ea04303717858be1c3f16b406adc6d8cff
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00017.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0016/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5530