CVE-2011-3624
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.015 · 74 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (4)
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3624cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3624cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3624cnnvd
- https://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5418cnnvd
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3624cnnvd
- https://www.ruby-lang.orgPatchcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3624enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3624enisa_euvd
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