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CVE-2013-6414

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Description

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.

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpxf-gcw2-pw5q

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

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

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/57836

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-12-07

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.207

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