Vulnerability advisory

GHSA-ffpv-c4hm-3x6v

actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service via a crafted HTTP Accept header

Published Updated OSV record ↗

Also known as CVE-2016-0751

Severity
  • CVSS 3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

AffectedFixed in
4.2.0 to before 4.2.5.14.2.5.1Advisories →
Also listed as affected (14)
All versions before 3.2.22.13.2.22.1Advisories →
Also listed as affected (176)
4.0.0 to before 4.1.14.14.1.14.1Advisories →
Also listed as affected (60)

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

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  • GitHub Copilot
  • Cursor
  • Cline
  • Windsurf
  • Google Anti-gravity
  • OpenCode
  • Pi
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  • Hermes Agent
  • Zed
  • Junie
  • Qwen Code
  • Kiro
  • Kilo Code
  • Factory Droid

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