UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7581

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7581
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7581.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7581
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:17Z
Published
2016-02-16T02:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:48:56.731647Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

actionpack/lib/actiondispatch/routing/routeset.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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / rails

Package

Name
rails
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rails@2:4.2.6-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:4.2.6-1

Affected versions

2:4.*

2:4.1.10-1
2:4.2.5-1
2:4.2.5.1-1
2:4.2.5.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

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            "binary_name": "ruby-actionmailer"
        },
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            "binary_name": "ruby-actionpack"
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            "binary_name": "ruby-actionview"
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            "binary_name": "ruby-activejob"
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            "binary_name": "ruby-activesupport"
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            "binary_name": "ruby-rails"
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}