CVE-2016-0751

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    CVE-2016-0751

    Published: 16 Feb 2016Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: 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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/9, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81800, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816, https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/9oLY_FCzvoc/5CDXbvpYEgAJ, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 375d9a0a7fb329b0fbbd75a13e93e53a00520587
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.0.0-NA
    4.0.0-beta
    4.0.0-rc1
    4.0.0-rc2
    4.0.1-NA
    4.0.1-rc1
    4.0.1-rc2
    4.0.1-rc3
    4.0.1-rc4
    4.0.10
    4.0.10-rc1
    4.0.2
    4.0.3
    4.0.4
    4.0.5
    4.0.6
    4.0.6-rc1
    4.0.6-rc2
    4.0.6-rc3
    4.0.7
    4.0.8
    4.0.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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