GoogleOSV:GHSA-FFPV-C4HM-3X6Vactionpack is vulnerable to denial of service via a crafted HTTP Accept header
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.7%
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
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/9
github.com/rails/rails
github.com/rails/rails/commit/127967b735813cd4f263df7a50426d74e7e9cc17
github.com/rails/rails/commit/221937c8ba1d291430ceddebbd4bdef7d3cb47d6
github.com/rails/rails/commit/37047b779a177b911c7161052cfc34a30e1db0af
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2016-0751.yml
groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/9oLY_FCzvoc
groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/9oLY_FCzvoc/5CDXbvpYEgAJ
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0751
web.archive.org/web/20160128201702/www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
web.archive.org/web/20200227181647/www.securityfocus.com/bid/81800
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