Vulnerability in Rubyonrails Rails
CVE-2015-7581
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.067 (93.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.067 · newest: 0.067 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rubyonrails Rails — versions 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- groups.google.com/forum/message/raw (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00043.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/16 (mailing-list)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178043.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178067.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00053.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034816 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3464 (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0296.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/81677 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-7581?
- CVE-2015-7581 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rubyonrails Rails, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-02-16.
- How severe is CVE-2015-7581?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-7581 known to be exploited?
- 11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.