CVE-2022-44570: High severity Rack Project Rack Ruby vulnerability

Published Jan 18, 2023
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Updated

A denial of service vulnerability in the Range header parsing component of Rack >= 1.5.0. A Carefully crafted input can cause the Range header parsing component in Rack to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a denial of service attack vector. Any applications that deal with Range requests (such as streaming applications, or applications that serve files) may be impacted.

Other sources

There is a possible denial of service vulnerability in the Range header parsing component of Rack. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2022-44570.

Versions Affected: >= 1.5.0 Not affected: None. Fixed Versions: 2.0.9.2, 2.1.4.2, 2.2.6.2, 3.0.0.1 Impact

Carefully crafted input can cause the Range header parsing component in Rack to take an unexpected amount of time, possibly resulting in a denial of service attack vector. Any applications that deal with Range requests (such as streaming applications, or applications that serve files) may be impacted. Releases

The fixed releases are available at the normal locations. Workarounds

There are no feasible workarounds for this issue. Patches

To aid users who aren’t able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a single changeset.

2-0-Fix-ReDoS-in-Rack-Utils.getbyteranges.patch - Patch for 2.0 series 2-1-Fix-ReDoS-in-Rack-Utils.getbyteranges.patch - Patch for 2.1 series 2-2-Fix-ReDoS-in-Rack-Utils.getbyteranges.patch - Patch for 2.2 series 3-0-Fix-ReDoS-in-Rack-Utils.getbyteranges.patch - Patch for 3.0 series

Affected Software

17 affected componentsFixes available
rubygems/rack>=3.0.0.0<3.0.4.1
3.0.4.1
rubygems/rack>=2.2.0.0<2.2.6.2
2.2.6.2
rubygems/rack>=2.1.0.0<2.1.4.2
2.1.4.2
rubygems/rack>=1.5.0<2.0.9.2
2.0.9.2
redhat/rubygem-rack<2.0.9.2
2.0.9.2
redhat/rubygem-rack<2.1.4.2
2.1.4.2
redhat/rubygem-rack<2.2.6.1
2.2.6.1
redhat/rubygem-rack<3.0.4.1
3.0.4.1
Rack Project Rack Ruby>=1.5.0<2.0.9.2
Rack Project Rack Ruby>=2.1.0<2.1.4.2
Rack Project Rack Ruby>=2.2.0<2.2.6.1
Rack Project Rack Ruby>=3.0.0<3.0.4.1
Rack Rack Ruby>=1.5.0<2.0.9.2
Rack Rack Ruby>=2.1.0<2.1.4.2
Rack Rack Ruby>=2.2.0<2.2.6.1
Rack Rack Ruby>=3.0.0<3.0.4.1
debian/ruby-rack
2.1.4-3+deb11u22.1.4-3+deb11u32.2.6.4-1+deb12u12.2.13-1~deb12u13.1.12-1

Event History

Jan 18, 2023
Advisory Published
06:19 PM
Jan 26, 2023
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·09:47 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Jan 28, 2023
Data Sourced
01:09 PM
SeverityAffected Software
Feb 9, 2023
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:00 AM
DescriptionWeakness
Sep 26, 2024
Data Sourced
via Launchpad·07:08 AM
Description
Sep 30, 2024
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·07:08 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2022-44570?

CVE-2022-44570 is a denial of service vulnerability in the Range header parsing component of Rack.

2

Which versions of Rack are affected by CVE-2022-44570?

Versions of Rack >= 1.5.0 are affected by CVE-2022-44570.

3

How severe is CVE-2022-44570?

CVE-2022-44570 has a severity rating of 7.5 (high).

4

How can I fix CVE-2022-44570?

To fix CVE-2022-44570, update to the fixed versions: 2.0.9.2, 2.1.4.2, 2.2.6.2, 3.0.0.1

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2022-44570?

You can find more information about CVE-2022-44570 at the following references: [Link 1](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2022-44570-possible-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-racks-range-header-parsing/82125), [Link 2](https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5530), [Link 3](https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/52721ae0b730e3920ad5375dfd5a3ea9b4f9e359)

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