vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-7960-1 (CVE-2025-61780): Rack vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 14, 2026
Added
Jan 16, 2026
Modified
Jan 16, 2026

Description

It was discovered that Rack incorrectly handled certain query parameters.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a limited denial of
service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-59830)

It was discovered that Rack did not properly handle certain multipart
form data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause memory
exhaustion, leading to a denial of service. This issue was only addressed
in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10.
(CVE-2025-61770, CVE-2025-61772)

It was discovered that Rack did not properly handle certain form fields.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause memory exhaustion,
leading to a denial of service. This issue was only addressed in Ubuntu
22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-61771)

It was discovered that Rack did not properly handle certain headers. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass proxy access
restrictions and obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2025-61780)

Tomoya Yamashita discovered that Rack did not properly manage memory
under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause memory exhaustion, leading to a denial of service. This issue was
only addressed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-61919)

Solution

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ruby-rack
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