CVE-2011-3624 (GCVE-0-2011-3624)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-26 02:50 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:37
VLAI
Summary
Various methods in WEBrick::HTTPRequest in Ruby 1.9.2 and 1.8.7 and earlier do not validate the X-Forwarded-For, X-Forwarded-Host and X-Forwarded-Server headers in requests, which might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files or bypass intended address parsing via a crafted header.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • UNKNOWN_TYPE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Ruby Ruby Affected: 1.9.2
Affected: 1.8.7 and earlier
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