CVE-2016-0751

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 16 Feb 2016, 02:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 22:30

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
8.89% LOW
9% probability +2.75%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Feb 2016, 02:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 22:30
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 8.89%• Percentile: 93%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • rubyonrails•rails

    4.0.0 | 4.0.0:beta | 4.0.0:rc1 | 4.0.0:rc2 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.1:rc1 | 4.0.1:rc2 | 4.0.1:rc3 | 4.0.1:rc4 | 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 | 4.0.10 | 4.0.10:rc1 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.0:beta1 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.2:rc1 | 4.1.2:rc2 | 4.1.2:rc3 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6:rc1 | 4.1.7 | 4.1.8 | 4.1.9 | 4.1.10 | 4.1.12 | 4.1.13 | 4.2.0:beta1 | 4.2.0:beta2 | 4.2.0:beta3 | 4.2.0:beta4 | 4.2.0:rc1 | 4.2.0:rc2 | 4.2.0:rc3 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.1:rc1 | 4.2.1:rc2 | 4.2.1:rc3 | 4.2.1:rc4 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.2.3:rc1 | 4.2.4 | 4.2.4:rc1 | 4.2.5 | 4.2.5:rc1 | 4.2.5:rc2 | 5.0.0:beta1

  • rubyonrails•ruby_on_rails

    ≤ 3.2.22 | 4.0.10:rc2 | 4.0.11 | 4.0.11.1 | 4.0.12 | 4.0.13 | 4.0.13:rc1 | 4.1.11

References (11)