CVE-2021-29479

Published Jun 29, 2021

Last updated 3 years ago

Overview

Description
Ratpack is a toolkit for creating web applications. In versions prior to 1.9.0, a user supplied `X-Forwarded-Host` header can be used to perform cache poisoning of a cache fronting a Ratpack server if the cache key does not include the `X-Forwarded-Host` header as a cache key. Users are only vulnerable if they do not configure a custom `PublicAddress` instance. For versions prior to 1.9.0, by default, Ratpack utilizes an inferring version of `PublicAddress` which is vulnerable. This can be used to perform redirect cache poisoning where an attacker can force a cached redirect to redirect to their site instead of the intended redirect location. The vulnerability was patched in Ratpack 1.9.0. As a workaround, ensure that `ServerConfigBuilder::publicAddress` correctly configures the server in production.
Source
security-advisories@github.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
6.1
Impact score
2.7
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
4.9
Vector string
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other
security-advisories@github.com
CWE-807

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

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