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SUSE: CVE-2016-0751: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-0751: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/15/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/15/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-portus
  • suse-upgrade-rubygem-actionpack-3_2

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:0457-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0618-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:0858-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1146-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0475-1
  • DLA-604-1
  • DSA-3464
  • CVE-2016-0751
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