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CVE-2012-2671

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-06-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Rack::Cache rubygem 0.3.0 through 1.1 caches Set-Cookie and other sensitive headers, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive cookie information, hijack web sessions, or have other unspecified impact by accessing the cache.

Affected products

• Rtomayko Rack-Cach: 0.3.0, 0.4, 0.5, 0.5.2, 0.5.3, 1.0 (+4)

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081812.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/8
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=763650
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824520
• https://github.com/rtomayko/rack-cache/blob/master/CHANGES
• https://github.com/rtomayko/rack-cache/commit/2e3a64d07daac4c757cc57620f2288e865a09b90
• https://github.com/rtomayko/rack-cache/pull/52
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081812.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/8
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=763650

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