CVE-2011-3624

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3624
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-26 03:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-11 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionVarious methods in WEBrick::HTTPRequest in Ruby 1.9.2 and 1.8.7 and earlier do not validate the X-Forwarded-For, X-Forwarded-Host and X-Forwarded-Server headers in requests, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files or bypass intended address parsing via a crafted header.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-74

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.2 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.8.7 All All All
Application Ruby-lang Ruby 1.9.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2011-3624 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Ruby 1.9 - Bug #5418: Some properties of WEBrick::HTTPRequest could be malformed - Ruby Issue Tracking System MISC redmine.ruby-lang.org
CVE-2011-3624 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
745636 – (CVE-2011-3624) CVE-2011-3624 Ruby WEBrick::HTTPRequest X-Forwarded-* allows arbitrary data MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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