CVE-2023-27539 Affecting ruby-rack package, versions <1.6.4-4ubuntu0.2+esm5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-RUBYRACK-3368977
  • published1 Jun 2025
  • disclosed9 Jan 2025

Introduced: 9 Jan 2025

CVE-2023-27539  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 ruby-rack to version 1.6.4-4ubuntu0.2+esm5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-rack package and not the ruby-rack package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a denial of service vulnerability in the header parsing component of Rack.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1