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IP Spoofing Affecting rack package, versions <1.6.0.beta, >=1.4.0

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-RACK-20399
  • published 2 Aug 2017
  • disclosed 23 Jun 2014
  • credit Steve Hodgkiss
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Introduced: 23 Jun 2014

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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.