CVE-2021-22902
High
Description
The actionpack ruby gem (a framework for handling and responding to web requests in Rails) before 6.0.3.7, 6.1.3.2 suffers from a possible denial of service vulnerability in the Mime type parser of Action Dispatch. Carefully crafted Accept headers can cause the mime type parser in Action Dispatch to do catastrophic backtracking in the regular expression engine.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductRails
PublishedJun 11, 2021
First seenJun 11, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-400Uncontrolled resource consumption
How to fix
Update
- rubyonrails rails6.0.3.7, 6.1.0.2 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| rubyonrails rails | 6.0.0 ≤ v < 6.0.3.7, 6.1.0 ≤ v < 6.1.0.2 | 6.0.3.7, 6.1.0.2 |
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