GHSA-9h6g-gp95-x3q5
Vulnerability from github
Published
2017-10-24 18:33
Modified
2022-04-25 20:52
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service because of a wildcard controller route
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 4.2.5.0"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "name": "actionpack"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.5.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-7581"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:28:45Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-02-16T02:59:04Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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\u0027s use of a wildcard controller route.",
  "id": "GHSA-9h6g-gp95-x3q5",
  "modified": "2022-04-25T20:52:00Z",
  "published": "2017-10-24T18:33:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7581"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2015-7581.yml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/dthJ5wL69JE"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/dthJ5wL69JE/IdvCimtZEgAJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228001849/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81677"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200516093752/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/16"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "actionpack is vulnerable to denial of service because of a wildcard controller route"
}


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