CVE-2015-7581
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7581
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7581.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2:4.2.5.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2:4.2.5.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2:4.2.5.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2:4.2.5.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2:4.2.5.1-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | actionpack | !< 4.0.0,!>= 5.0.0.beta1||<~> 4.2.5, >= 4.2.5.1 | ~> 4.2.5, >= 4.2.5.1 |
| RubyGems | actionpack | >=4.0.0,<4.2.5.1 | 4.2.5.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.5 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.6 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.7 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.8 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.9 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.10 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.5 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.6 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.7 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.1.8 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.2.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.2.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.2.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.2.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.2.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.2.5 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 5.0.0 | |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/dthJ5wL69JE
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7581.html
- 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
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7581
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2015-7581.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228001849/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81677
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200516093752/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7581
CWEs
CWE-399
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.