CVE-2013-6414
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Metasploit modules
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RubyGems | actionpack | !~> 2.3.0||<~> 3.2.16 | ~> 3.2.16 |
| RubyGems | actionpack | >=3.0.0,<3.2.16 | 3.2.16 |
| RubyGems | actionpack | >=4.0.0,<4.0.2 | 4.0.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails | rails | {"endIncluding":"4.0.1"} | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 4.0.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.5 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.6 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.7 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.8 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.9 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.10 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.11 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.12 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.13 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.14 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.16 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.17 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.18 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.19 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.0.20 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.5 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.6 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.7 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.8 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.9 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.1.10 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.0 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.1 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.2 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.3 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.4 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.5 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.6 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.7 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.8 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.9 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.10 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.11 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.12 | |
| rubyonrails | rails | 3.2.13 | |
| rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | {"endIncluding":"3.2.15"} | |
| rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 3.0.4 | |
| rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 3.1.11 | |
| rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 3.2.14 | |
| rubyonrails | ruby_on_rails | 3.2.15 | |
References
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ruby-security-ann/A-ebV4WxzKg
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/A-ebV4WxzKg/KNPTbX8XAQUJ
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6414
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6414
- https://github.com/rails/rails
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2013-6414.yml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160421165124/http://secunia.com/advisories/57836
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160808161629/https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-6414
- http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2013/12/3/Rails_3_2_16_and_4_0_2_have_been_released
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6414
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.