Rack: Content-Length mismatch in Rack::Files error responses
Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. Prior to versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6, Rack::Files#fail sets the Content-Length response header using String#size instead of String#bytesize. When the response body contains multibyte UTF-8 characters, the declared Content-Length is smaller than the number of bytes actually sent on the wire. Because Rack::Files reflects the requested path in 404 responses, an attacker can trigger this mismatch by requesting a non-existent path containing percent-encoded UTF-8 characters. This results in incorrect HTTP response framing and may cause response desynchronization in deployments that rely on the incorrect Content-Length value. This issue has been patched in versions 2.2.23, 3.1.21, and 3.2.6.
Problem Types
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|
| CWE | CWE-130 | CWE-130: Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency |
| CWE | CWE-135 | CWE-135: Incorrect Calculation of Multi-Byte String Length |
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-130: Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-135: Incorrect Calculation of Multi-Byte String Length
Metrics
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| 3.1 | 4.8 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Version: 3.1
Base score: 4.8
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N