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CVE-2011-5036 Rack Gem Subject to Denial of Service via Hash Collisions

MediumCVSS 5.0 EPSS 3.9% PoC
Published
Updated
Exploit status
Proof-of-concept only

Description

Rack before 1.1.3, 1.2.x before 1.2.5, and 1.3.x before 1.3.6 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rubygems rack(RubyGems) < 1.1.3 1.1.3
rubygems rack(RubyGems) >= 1.2.0, < 1.2.5 1.2.5
rubygems rack(RubyGems) >= 1.3.0, < 1.3.6 1.3.6
org.jruby/jruby-parent(Maven) < 1.6.5.1 1.6.5.1
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 0.1.0 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 0.2.0 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 0.3.0 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 0.4.0 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 0.9.0 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 0.9.1 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.0.0 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.0.1 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.1.0 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.1.1 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.1.1.pre No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.1.2 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.2.0 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.2.1 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.2.2 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.2.3 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.2.4 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.3.0 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.3.1 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.3.2 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.3.3 No fix listed
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.3.4 No fix listed
rubygems rack(RubyGems) = 1.3.5 No fix listed
debian/ruby-rack(Debian:12) < 1.4.0-1 1.4.0-1
debian/ruby-rack(Debian:13) < 1.4.0-1 1.4.0-1
debian/ruby-rack(Debian:14) < 1.4.0-1 1.4.0-1
rack project rack <= 1.1.0 No fix listed
rack project rack = 1.2.0 No fix listed
rack project rack = 1.2.1 No fix listed
rack project rack = 1.2.2 No fix listed
rack project rack = 1.2.3 No fix listed
rack project rack = 1.2.4 No fix listed
rack project rack = 1.3.0 No fix listed
rack project rack = 1.3.1 No fix listed
rack project rack = 1.3.2 No fix listed
rack project rack = 1.3.3 No fix listed
rack project rack = 1.3.4 No fix listed
rack project rack = 1.3.5 No fix listed

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