CVE-2016-0751 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-0751

actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1,...

Vulnerability Description

actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/mime_type.rb in Action Pack in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 does not properly restrict use of the MIME type cache, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HTTP Accept header.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

rubyonrails

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Affected Software

rails, ruby on rails
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6, 4.0.7, 4.0.8, 4.0.9, 4.0.10, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.1.7, 4.1.8, 4.1.9, 4.1.10, 4.1.12, 4.1.13, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.2.5, 5.0.0, 0, 4.0.11, 4.0.11.1, 4.0.12, 4.0.13, 4.1.11

Timeline

Official Publish: February 16th, 2016
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.