backport of:

From 9aac3757fe19cdb0476504c9245170115bec9668 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Hawthorn <john@hawthorn.email>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2022 15:54:28 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Limit all multipart parts, not just files

Previously we would limit the number of multipart parts which were
files, but not other parts. In some cases this could cause parsing of
maliciously crafted inputs to take longer than expected.

[CVE-2023-27530]
---
 README.rdoc                  | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 lib/rack/multipart/parser.rb | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 lib/rack/utils.rb            | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index 8533846f8..cbb257239 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -202,16 +202,30 @@ Limiting the depth prevents a possible stack overflow when parsing parameters.
 
 Defaults to 100.
 
-=== multipart_part_limit
+=== multipart_file_limit
 
-The maximum number of parts a request can contain.
+The maximum number of parts with a filename a request can contain.
 Accepting too many part can lead to the server running out of file handles.
 
 The default is 128, which means that a single request can't upload more than 128 files at once.
 
 Set to 0 for no limit.
 
-Can also be set via the +RACK_MULTIPART_PART_LIMIT+ environment variable.
+Can also be set via the +RACK_MULTIPART_FILE_LIMIT+ environment variable.
+
+(This is also aliased as +multipart_part_limit+ and +RACK_MULTIPART_PART_LIMIT+ for compatibility)
+
+=== multipart_total_part_limit
+
+The maximum total number of parts a request can contain of any type, including
+both file and non-file form fields.
+
+The default is 4096, which means that a single request can't contain more than
+4096 parts.
+
+Set to 0 for no limit.
+
+Can also be set via the +RACK_MULTIPART_TOTAL_PART_LIMIT+ environment variable.
 
 == Changelog
 
diff --git a/lib/rack/multipart/parser.rb b/lib/rack/multipart/parser.rb
index e8ed3e976..0fc185603 100644
--- a/lib/rack/multipart/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/multipart/parser.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 module Rack
   module Multipart
     class MultipartPartLimitError < Errno::EMFILE; end
+    class MultipartTotalPartLimitError < StandardError; end
 
     class Parser
       (require_relative '../core_ext/regexp'; using ::Rack::RegexpExtensions) if RUBY_VERSION < '2.4'
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ def on_mime_head(mime_index, head, filename, content_type, name)
 
           @mime_parts[mime_index] = klass.new(body, head, filename, content_type, name)
 
-          check_open_files
+          check_part_limits
         end
 
         def on_mime_body(mime_index, content)
@@ -152,13 +153,23 @@ def on_mime_finish(mime_index)
 
         private
 
-        def check_open_files
-          if Utils.multipart_part_limit > 0
-            if @open_files >= Utils.multipart_part_limit
+        def check_part_limits
+          file_limit = Utils.multipart_file_limit
+          part_limit = Utils.multipart_total_part_limit
+
+          if file_limit && file_limit > 0
+            if @open_files >= file_limit
               @mime_parts.each(&:close)
               raise MultipartPartLimitError, 'Maximum file multiparts in content reached'
             end
           end
+
+          if part_limit && part_limit > 0
+            if @mime_parts.size >= part_limit
+              @mime_parts.each(&:close)
+              raise MultipartTotalPartLimitError, 'Maximum total multiparts in content reached'
+            end
+          end
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/rack/utils.rb b/lib/rack/utils.rb
index 14d9e17da..c8e61ea18 100644
--- a/lib/rack/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/utils.rb
@@ -58,13 +58,24 @@ def unescape(s, encoding = Encoding::UTF_8)
     end
 
     class << self
-      attr_accessor :multipart_part_limit
+      attr_accessor :multipart_total_part_limit
+
+      attr_accessor :multipart_file_limit
+
+      # multipart_part_limit is the original name of multipart_file_limit, but
+      # the limit only counts parts with filenames.
+      alias multipart_part_limit multipart_file_limit
+      alias multipart_part_limit= multipart_file_limit=
     end
 
-    # The maximum number of parts a request can contain. Accepting too many part
-    # can lead to the server running out of file handles.
+    # The maximum number of file parts a request can contain. Accepting too
+    # many parts can lead to the server running out of file handles.
     # Set to `0` for no limit.
-    self.multipart_part_limit = (ENV['RACK_MULTIPART_PART_LIMIT'] || 128).to_i
+    self.multipart_file_limit = (ENV['RACK_MULTIPART_PART_LIMIT'] || ENV['RACK_MULTIPART_FILE_LIMIT'] || 128).to_i
+
+    # The maximum total number of parts a request can contain. Accepting too
+    # many can lead to excessive memory use and parsing time.
+    self.multipart_total_part_limit = (ENV['RACK_MULTIPART_TOTAL_PART_LIMIT'] || 4096).to_i
 
     def self.param_depth_limit
       default_query_parser.param_depth_limit