Resource Management Errors Affecting rails package, versions <2:4.2.5.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.03% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-RAILS-1558428
  • published16 Feb 2016
  • disclosed16 Feb 2016

Introduced: 16 Feb 2016

CVE-2015-7581  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 rails to version 2:4.2.5.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rails package and not the rails package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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