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CVE-2016-0751: Possible Object Leak and Denial of Service attack

February 15, 2016 (updated August 8, 2019)

A carefully crafted Accept header can cause a global cache of mime types to grow indefinitely which can lead to a possible denial of service attack in Action Pack.

References

  • groups.google.com/forum/

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 5.0.0.alpha before 5.0.0.beta1.1, all versions starting from 4.2.0.alpha before 4.2.5.1, all versions starting from 4.0.0.alpha before 4.1.14.1, all versions before 3.2.22.1

Fixed versions

  • 3.2.22.1
  • 4.1.14.1
  • 4.2.5.1
  • 5.0.0.beta1.1

Solution

Upgrade to latest, apply patches or use workaround. See provided link.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-399

Source file

gem/actionpack/CVE-2016-0751.yml

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