CVE-2012-6109
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.7%EU EUVD
lib/rack/multipart.rb in Rack before 1.1.4, 1.2.x before 1.2.6, 1.3.x before 1.3.7, and 1.4.x before 1.4.2 uses an incorrect regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Content-Disposion header.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2017-0248)
- Published
- March 1, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2017-0248 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://rack.github.com/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0548.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895277
- https://github.com/rack/rack/blob/master/README.rdoc
- https://github.com/rack/rack/commit/c9f65df37a151821eb88ddd1dc404b83e52c52d5
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/rack-devel/1w4_fWEgTdI/XAkSNHjtdTsJ
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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