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CVE-2019-5419 — There is a possible denial of service vulnerability in Action View (Rails) <5

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
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EPSS
12.12% (top 6.30%)
CWE
CWE-400
Published
2019-03-27T13:43:19.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T19:54:53.468Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Railshttps://github.com/rails/rails5.2.2.1, 5.1.6.2, 5.0.7.2, 4.2.11.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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