GoogleOSV:GHSA-9H6G-GP95-X3Q5actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service because of a wildcard controller route
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.02 Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.7%
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
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/16
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2015-7581.yml
groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/dthJ5wL69JE
groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/dthJ5wL69JE/IdvCimtZEgAJ
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7581
web.archive.org/web/20200228001849/www.securityfocus.com/bid/81677
web.archive.org/web/20200516093752/www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
Related
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.02 Low
EPSS
Percentile
88.7%