CVE-2018-16470
Rack vulnerable to Denial of Service
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.18%
Description
There is a possible DoS vulnerability in the multipart parser in Rack before 2.0.6. Specially crafted requests can cause the multipart parser to enter a pathological state, causing the parser to use CPU resources disproportionate to the request size.
How to fix CVE-2018-16470
To remediate CVE-2018-16470, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.0.6 or later
Is CVE-2018-16470 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 2.0.4, < 2.0.6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |