CVE-2018-16471 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-16471: There is a possible XSS vulnerability in Rack before 2.0.6 and 1.6.11. Carefully crafted requests can impact the data returned by the `scheme` method on `Rack::Request`. Applications that expect the scheme to be limited to 'http' or 'https' and do not escape the return value could be vulnerable to a

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-16471 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ruby-rack→ fixed in1.6.4-6urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ruby-rack
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ruby-rack→ fixed in1.6.4-6urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ruby-rack
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ruby-rack→ fixed in1.6.4-6urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ruby-rack
```

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