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CVE-2019-5419: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

March 27, 2019 (updated June 7, 2019)

There is a possible denial of service vulnerability in Action View (Rails) where specially crafted Accept headers can cause action view to consume 100% cpu and make the server unresponsive.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5419

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Affected versions

All versions before 4.2.11.1, all versions starting from 5.0.0 before 5.0.7.2, all versions starting from 5.1.0 before 5.1.6.2, all versions starting from 5.2.0 before 5.2.2.1

Fixed versions

  • 4.2.11.1
  • 5.0.7.2
  • 5.1.6.2
  • 5.2.2.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.2.11.1, 5.0.7.2, 5.1.6.2, 5.2.2.1 or above.

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-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

gem/rails/CVE-2019-5419.yml

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