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ruby-rack — security advisory
Rack before 1.1.3, 1.2.x before 1.2.5, and 1.3.x before 1.3.6 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.
- Products
- ruby-rack
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.4.0-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2011-5036
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Rack before 1.1.3, 1.2.x before 1.2.5, and 1.3.x before 1.3.6 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-5036
ruby-rack
Fixed versions: 1.4.0-1
ruby-rack
Fixed versions: 1.4.0-1
ruby-rack
Fixed versions: 1.4.0-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:42.299282644Z",
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