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CVE-2015-7581 Detail

Description

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.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.5 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81677
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/dthJ5wL69JE/IdvCimtZEgAJ

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7581
NVD Published Date:
02/15/2016
NVD Last Modified:
08/08/2019
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.