USN-6399-1: Puma vulnerability

27 September 2023

Puma could allow HTTP Request Smuggling attacks.

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Releases

Packages

  • puma - threaded HTTP 1.1 server for Ruby/Rack applications

Details

It was discovered that Puma incorrectly handled parsing certain headers. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an HTTP request
Smuggling attack.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 23.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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