GHSA-ffpv-c4hm-3x6v
actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service via a crafted HTTP Accept header
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2016-0751
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly restrict use of the MIME type cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HTTP Accept header.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| RubyGems · actionpack | introduced 4.2.0, fixed 4.2.5.1 |
| RubyGems · actionpack | introduced 0, fixed 3.2.22.1 |
| RubyGems · actionpack | introduced 4.0.0, fixed 4.1.14.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0751 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/127967b735813cd4f263df7a50426d74e7e9cc17 WEB
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/221937c8ba1d291430ceddebbd4bdef7d3cb47d6 WEB
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/37047b779a177b911c7161052cfc34a30e1db0af WEB
- https://github.com/rails/rails PACKAGE
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2016-0751.yml WEB
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/9oLY_FCzvoc WEB
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/9oLY_FCzvoc/5CDXbvpYEgAJ WEB
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160128201702/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 WEB
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227181647/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81800 WEB
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html WEB
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.html WEB
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html WEB
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html WEB
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html WEB
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html WEB
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 WEB
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/9 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |