CVE-2016-0751 (GCVE-0-2016-0751)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-02-16 02:00
Modified
2024-08-05 22:30
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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