A flaw was found in the Action Pack component's caching of controller references. An attacker could use this flaw to cause unbounded memory growth, potentially resulting in a denial of service.
Find out more about CVE-2015-7581 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:0296 | 2016-02-24 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ror40-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:0454 | 2016-03-15 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ror40-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:0454 | 2016-03-15 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (rh-ror41-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2016:0296 | 2016-02-24 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-rubygem-actionpack | Not affected |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | rubygem-actionpack | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ruby193-rubygem-actionpack | Not affected |
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