Asymmetric denial of service In actionpack
Description
actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service via a crafted HTTP Accept header 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.
Mitigation
Update Impact
Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.
Ecosystem | Component | Affected version | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|---|
 rubygems | 4.2.5.1, 3.2.22.1, 4.1.14.1 | ||
 debian 12 | 2:4.2.5.1-1 | ||
debian 13 | 2:4.2.5.1-1 | ||
debian 14 | 2:4.2.5.1-1 |
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