IP Spoofing Affecting rack package, versions <1.6.0.beta, >=1.4.0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-RACK-20399
- published 2 Aug 2017
- disclosed 23 Jun 2014
- credit Steve Hodgkiss
How to fix?
Upgrade rack to version 1.6.0.beta or higher.
Overview
rack provides a minimal, modular and adaptable interface for developing web applications in Ruby.
Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to IP Spoofing by specifying the same IP address in X-Forwarded-For and the Client-IP, thus easily spoofing the value of requesting IP.
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