Vulnerability advisory
GHSA-ffpv-c4hm-3x6v
actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service via a crafted HTTP Accept header
Also known as CVE-2016-0751
Severity
- CVSS 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected versions
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.
References
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0751 ↗
- Webgithub.com/rails/rails/commit/127967b735813cd4f263df7a50426d74e7e9cc17 ↗
- Webgithub.com/rails/rails/commit/221937c8ba1d291430ceddebbd4bdef7d3cb47d6 ↗
- Webgithub.com/rails/rails/commit/37047b779a177b911c7161052cfc34a30e1db0af ↗
- Packagegithub.com/rails/rails ↗
- Webgithub.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2016-0751.yml ↗
- Webgroups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/9oLY_FCzvoc ↗
- Webgroups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/9oLY_FCzvoc/5CDXbvpYEgAJ ↗
- Webweb.archive.org/web/20160128201702/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 ↗
- Webweb.archive.org/web/20200227181647/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81800 ↗
- Weblists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html ↗
- Weblists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.html ↗
- Weblists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html ↗
- Weblists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html ↗
- Weblists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html ↗
- Webrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html ↗
- Webwww.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 ↗
- Webwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/9 ↗