CVE-2011-3624 Information

Description

Various 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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Reference

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3624 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3624 https://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5418 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3624

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.3