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Status published
Medium
CVE-2011-3624
Various methods in WEBrick::HTTPRequest in Ruby 1.9.2 and 1.8.7 and...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
Ruby
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Ruby
Vulnerable Versions:
1.9.2, 1.8.7 and earlier
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 26th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.