CVE-2013-6414

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actionpack/lib/action_view/lookup_context.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allo

actionpack/lib/action_view/lookup_context.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a header containing an invalid MIME type that leads to excessive caching.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.70843

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EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

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Affected Products & Versions

rubyonrails rails<= 4.0.1

rubyonrails railsall versions

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

RubyGems actionpack MODERATE fixed in 3.2.16

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productmediumRuby on Rails Framework Exceptions

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Scoring & Timeline

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD07 Dec 2013 · 12:55 AM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2014:1863Important
rhsaRHSA-2014:0008Important
rhsaRHSA-2013:1794Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/57836

http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888

http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/

https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/A-ebV4WxzKg/KNPTbX8XAQUJ

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6414

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