CVE-2023-27530 (High) detected in rack-3.0.4.1.gem - autoclosed

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CVE-2023-27530 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - rack-3.0.4.1.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-3.0.4.1.gem

Path to dependency file: /Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gem/ruby/2.7.0/cache/rack-3.0.4.1.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• openid_connect-1.4.2.gem (Root Library)
  • rack-oauth2-1.21.3.gem
    • ❌ rack-3.0.4.1.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

A DoS vulnerability exists in Rack <v3.0.4.2, <v2.2.6.3, <v2.1.4.3 and <v2.0.9.3 within in the Multipart MIME parsing code in which could allow an attacker to craft requests that can be abuse to cause multipart parsing to take longer than expected.

Publish Date: 2023-03-10

URL: CVE-2023-27530

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • 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

Release Date: 2023-03-10

Fix Resolution: rack - 2.0.9.3,2.1.4.3,2.2.6.3,3.0.4.2

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✔️ This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.