Ratpack is a toolkit for creating web applications. In versions prior to 1.9.0, a user supplied `X-Forwarded-Host` header can be used to perform cache poisoning of a cache fronting a Ratpack server if the cache key does not include the `X-Forwarded-Host` header as a cache key. Users are only vulnerable if they do not configure a custom `PublicAddress` instance. For versions prior to 1.9.0, by default, Ratpack utilizes an inferring version of `PublicAddress` which is vulnerable. This can be used to perform redirect cache poisoning where an attacker can force a cached redirect to redirect to their site instead of the intended redirect location. The vulnerability was patched in Ratpack 1.9.0. As a workaround, ensure that `ServerConfigBuilder::publicAddress` correctly configures the server in production.
References
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https://portswigger.net/web-security/web-cache-poisoning | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/ratpack/ratpack/security/advisories/GHSA-w6rq-6h34-vh7q | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2021-06-29 08:15
Updated : 2021-07-08 08:42
NVD link : CVE-2021-29479
Mitre link : CVE-2021-29479
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CWE
Products Affected
ratpack_project
- ratpack