GHSA-ffpv-c4hm-3x6v
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Summary: actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service via a crafted HTTP Accept header
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: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0751, https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/127967b735813cd4f263df7a50426d74e7e9cc17, https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/221937c8ba1d291430ceddebbd4bdef7d3cb47d6, https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/37047b779a177b911c7161052cfc34a30e1db0af, https://github.com/rails/rails, 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://web.archive.org/web/20160128201702/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816, https://web.archive.org/web/20200227181647/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81800, 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
Affected packages
Package
Name: actionpack
Purl: pkg:gem/actionpack
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
