CVE-2015-7581
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.71%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.71% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- rubyonrails/rails
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- 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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.