[DRE-maint] Bug#913003: ruby-rack: CVE-2018-16470: Possible DoS vulnerability in Rack

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: ruby-rack
Version: 2.0.5-1
Severity: grave
Tags: patch security upstream

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for ruby-rack, which is only
affecting experimental version. Filling with RC severity as the
vulernable version should not enter unstable.

CVE-2018-16470[0]:
Possible DoS vulnerability in Rack

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16470
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16470
[1] https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/05/1

Regards,
Salvatore