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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-5419

There is a possible denial of service vulnerability in Action View (Rails) <5.2.2.1, <5.1.6.2, <5.0.7.2, <4.2.11.1 where specially crafted accept headers can cause action view to consume 100% cpu and make the server unresponsive.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 8.67%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

There is a possible denial of service vulnerability in Action View (Rails) <5.2.2.1, <5.1.6.2, <5.0.7.2, <4.2.11.1 where specially crafted accept headers can cause action view to consume 100% cpu and make the server unresponsive.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
8.67% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-770
Affected
rubyonrails/rails · debian/debian linux · redhat/cloudforms · redhat/software collections · opensuse/leap · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
support@hackerone.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.