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Rack has possible DoS Vulnerability with Range Header
# Possible DoS Vulnerability with Range Header in Rack

There is a possible DoS vulnerability relating to the Range request header in
Rack.  This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-26141.

Versions Affected:  >= 1.3.0.
Not affected:       < 1.3.0
Fixed Versions:     3.0.9.1, 2.2.8.1

Impact
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Carefully crafted Range headers can cause a server to respond with an
unexpectedly large response. Responding with such large responses could lead
to a denial of service issue.

Vulnerable applications will use the `Rack::File` middleware or the
`Rack::Utils.byte_ranges` methods (this includes Rails applications).

Releases
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The fixed releases are available at the normal locations.

Workarounds
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There are no feasible workarounds for this issue.

Patches
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To aid users who aren't able to upgrade immediately we have provided patches for
the two supported release series. They are in git-am format and consist of a
single changeset.

* 3-0-range.patch - Patch for 3.0 series
* 2-2-range.patch - Patch for 2.2 series

Credits
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Thank you [ooooooo_q](https://hackerone.com/ooooooo_q) for the report and
patch