CVE-2012-6109

medium
Published 2012-05-04 · Modified 2024-11-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.3

Description

lib/rack/multipart.rb in Rack before 1.1.4, 1.2.x before 1.2.6, 1.3.x before 1.3.7, and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 uses an incorrect regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Content-Disposion header.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6109

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.4.1-2.1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.4.1-2.1
debian debianforkyfixed1.4.1-2.1
debian debiansidfixed1.4.1-2.1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.4.1-2.1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsrack<~> 1.1.4~> 1.1.4
ruby RubyGemsrack<1.1.41.1.4
ruby RubyGemsrack>=1.2.0,<1.2.61.2.6
ruby RubyGemsrack>=1.3.0,<1.3.71.3.7
ruby RubyGemsrack>=1.4.0,<1.4.21.4.2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
rack_projectrack{"endIncluding":"1.1.3"}
rack_projectrack0.1
rack_projectrack0.2
rack_projectrack0.3
rack_projectrack0.4
rack_projectrack0.9
rack_projectrack0.9.1
rack_projectrack1.0.0
rack_projectrack1.0.1
rack_projectrack1.1.0
rack_projectrack1.1.2
rack_projectrack1.2.0
rack_projectrack1.2.1
rack_projectrack1.2.2
rack_projectrack1.2.3
rack_projectrack1.2.4
rack_projectrack1.3.0
rack_projectrack1.3.1
rack_projectrack1.3.2
rack_projectrack1.3.3
rack_projectrack1.3.4
rack_projectrack1.3.5
rack_projectrack1.3.6
rack_projectrack1.4.0
rack_projectrack1.4.1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.