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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00034.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html ↗
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/9oLY_FCzvoc/5CDXbvpYEgAJ ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81800 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/9 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html ↗