GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-ffpv-c4hm-3x6v actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service via a crafted HTTP Accept header

HIGH Published 2017-10-24 Modified 2023-07-31 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-0751
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
actionpack
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• RubyGems actionpack: >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.5.1 → fixed in 4.2.5.1 • RubyGems actionpack: < 3.2.22.1 → fixed in 3.2.22.1 • RubyGems actionpack: >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.14.1 → fixed in 4.1.14.1

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.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-0751 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… vulnerability

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