CVE-2022-30122
Denial of Service Vulnerability in Rack Multipart Parsing
Summary
Remediation
Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.
gem install rack -v 2.2.3.1
gem install rack -v 2.1.4.1
gem install rack -v 2.0.9.1
After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.
Affected Packages (3)
Vulnerability Classification
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.
- CWE-1333
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionMITRE
CVSS Score Breakdown
What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 7.5 score means for each attack dimension.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30122ADVISORY
- https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/cve-2022-30122-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-rack-multipart-parsing/80729WEB
- https://github.com/rack/rackPACKAGE
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rack/CVE-2022-30122.ymlWEB
- https://groups.google.com/g/ruby-security-ann/c/L2Axto442qkWEB
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-18WEB
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231208-0012WEB
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5530WEB
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2022-30122?
- Denial of Service Vulnerability in Rack Multipart Parsing This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 7.5/10).
- How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2022-30122?
- CVE-2022-30122 affects rack. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2022-30122 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.
Severity & Exploitability
High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.
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