CVE-2016-0751

EPSS 9.7%

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

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