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 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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
60 explicit affected versions
250 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/9
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/127967b735813cd4f263df7a50426d74e7e9cc17
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/221937c8ba1d291430ceddebbd4bdef7d3cb47d6
- https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/37047b779a177b911c7161052cfc34a30e1db0af
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2016-0751.yml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/9oLY_FCzvoc
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/9oLY_FCzvoc/5CDXbvpYEgAJ
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0751
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160128201702/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227181647/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81800
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81800
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816