GHSA-9h6g-gp95-x3q5
actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service because of a wildcard controller route
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | actionpack | >= 4.0.0, < 4.2.5.1 | 4.2.5.1 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/route_set.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails 4.x before 4.2.5.1 and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (superfluous caching and memory consumption) by leveraging an application's use of a wildcard controller route.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7581
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2015-7581.yml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/dthJ5wL69JE
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/dthJ5wL69JE/IdvCimtZEgAJ
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228001849/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81677
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200516093752/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- 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/msg00043.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/16