| Name | CVE-2013-6414 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2888-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 731288, 731290 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| rails (PTS) | buster | 2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u3 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2:5.2.2.1+dfsg-1+deb10u5 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:6.0.3.7+dfsg-2+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:6.1.7.3+dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
- ruby-actionpack-2.3 <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
- rails <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
Starting with 2.3.14.1 rails is a transition package