# CVE-2013-0183: 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 consumpti

- Also known as: GHSA-3PXH-H8HW-MJ8W
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.3.8, 1.4.3
- Published: 2013-03-01 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- rack (RubyGems): from 1.3.0, fixed in 1.3.8
- rack (RubyGems): from 1.4.0, fixed in 1.4.3

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, rack, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3.8, 1.4.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/548b9af2dc0059f4c0c19728624448d84de450ff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895282
- http://rack.github.com/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rack-devel/-MWPHDeGWtI
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rack-devel/7ZKPNAjgRSs
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00048.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/f95113402b7239f225282806673e1b6424522b18
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2783

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