HTTP Response Splitting (Early Hints) in Puma
### Impact If an application using Puma allows untrusted input in an early-hints header, an attacker can use a carriage return character to end the header and inject malicious content, such as additional headers or an entirely new response body. This vulnerability is known as [HTTP Response Splitting](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/HTTP_Response_Splitting). While not an attack in itself, response splitting is a vector for several other attacks, such as cross-site scripting (XSS). This is related to [CVE-2020-5247](https://github.com/puma/puma/security/advisories/GHSA-84j7-475p-hp8v), which fixed this vulnerability but only for regular responses. ### Patches This has been fixed in 4.3.3 and 3.12.4. ### Workarounds Users can not allow untrusted/user input in the Early Hints response header. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [puma](https://github.com/puma/puma) * Email us a project maintainer. [Email addresses are listed in our Code of Conduct](https://github.com/puma/puma/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md#enforcement).
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-5249US | medium6.5 | — | ||
In Puma (RubyGem) before 4.3.3 and 3.12.4, if an application using Puma allows untrusted input in an early-hints header, an attacker can use a carriage return character to end the… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/puma/pumaPACKAGE
- https://github.com/puma/puma/commit/c22712fc93284a45a93f9ad7023888f3a65524f3WEB
- https://github.com/puma/puma/security/advisories/GHSA-33vf-4xgg-9r58WEB
- https://github.com/puma/puma/security/advisories/GHSA-84j7-475p-hp8vWEB
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puma/CVE-2020-5249.ymlWEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMJ3CGZ3DLBJ5WUUKMI5ZFXFJQMXJZIKWEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DIHVO3CQMU7BZC7FCTSRJ33YDNS3GFPKWEB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJ3LL5F5QADB6LM46GXZETREAKZMQNRDWEB
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