Low severity · published Oct 12, 2021
CVE-2021-41136
Puma is a HTTP 1.1 server for Ruby/Rack applications
3.7
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Puma is a HTTP 1.1 server for Ruby/Rack applications. Prior to versions 5.5.1 and 4.3.9, using `puma` with a proxy which forwards HTTP header values which contain the LF character could allow HTTP request smugggling. A client could smuggle a request through a proxy, causing the proxy to send a response back to another unknown client. The only proxy which has this behavior, as far as the Puma team is aware of, is Apache Traffic Server. If the proxy uses persistent connections and the client adds another request in via HTTP pipelining, the proxy may mistake it as the first request's body. Puma, however, would see it as two requests, and when processing the second request, send back a response that the proxy does not expect. If the proxy has reused the persistent connection to Puma to send another request for a different client, the second response from the first client will be sent to the second client. This vulnerability was patched in Puma 5.5.1 and 4.3.9. As a workaround, do not use Apache Traffic Server with `puma`.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
PU
Puma · Puma
through 4.3.8; 5.0.0 through 5.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41136
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41136
github.com
https://github.com/puma/puma/commit/436c71807f00e07070902a03f79fd3e130eb6b18
Patch
https://github.com/puma/puma/commit/acdc3ae571dfae0e045cf09a295280127db65c7f
github.com
https://github.com/puma/puma/commit/fb6ad8f8013ab5cdbb2f444cbfabd0b4fde71139
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/puma/puma/security/advisories/GHSA-48w2-rm65-62xx
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-28
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