VULNERABILITY

Ruby on Rails: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-2019-5419)

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Ruby on Rails: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling (CVE-2019-5419)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/27/2019
Created
01/23/2020
Added
01/03/2020
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

There is a possible denial of service vulnerability in Action View (Rails) <5.2.2.1, <5.1.6.2, <5.0.7.2, <4.2.11.1 where specially crafted accept headers can cause action view to consume 100% cpu and make the server unresponsive.

Solution(s)

  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-4_2_11_1
  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-5_0_7_2
  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-5_1_6_2
  • ruby-on-rails-upgrade-5_2_2_1

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