High severity · published Feb 16, 2016
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…
7.5
CVSS
9.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)9.7% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
Rails · Rubyonrails
4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.1; +34 more · source: NVD
RO
Ruby ON Rails · Rubyonrails
through 3.2.22; 4.0.10; 4.0.11; 4.0.11.1; 4.0.12; 4.0.13; +2 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0751
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0751
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
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