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Ruby Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection) Vulnerability - CVE-2011-3624 - Vulnerability Database
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Ruby Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection) Vulnerability - CVE-2011-3624

Medium
Reference: CVE-2011-3624
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3624
Title: Ruby Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection) Vulnerability
Overview:

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.