CVE-2013-0183
Rack rubygems receiving excessively long lines triggers out-of-memory error
EPSS 1.8%
Description
multipart/parser.rb in Rack 1.3.x before 1.3.8 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and out-of-memory error) via a long string in a Multipart HTTP packet.
How to fix CVE-2013-0183
To remediate CVE-2013-0183, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ruby-rack—upgrade to 1.4.1-2.1 or later
- RubyGems/rack—upgrade to 1.3.8 or later
Is CVE-2013-0183 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.4.1-2.1
- >= 1.3.0, < 1.3.8