CVE-2013-6414
mediumpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.207 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedkatello-0:1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedkatello-common-0:1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedkatello-glue-candlepin-0:1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedkatello-glue-elasticsearch-0:1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedkatello-headpin-0:1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedkatello-headpin-all-0:1.4.3.28-1.el6sam_splice.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-actionmailer-1:3.2.17-1.el6sam.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-actionmailer-1:3.2.17-1.el6sam.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-actionpack-1:3.2.17-6.el6sam.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-actionpack-1:3.2.17-6.el6sam.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-activemodel-1:3.2.17-1.el6sam.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-activemodel-1:3.2.17-1.el6sam.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-activerecord-1:3.2.17-5.el6sam.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-activerecord-1:3.2.17-5.el6sam.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-activeresource-1:3.2.17-1.el6sam.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-activeresource-1:3.2.17-1.el6sam.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-activesupport-1:3.2.17-2.el6sam.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-activesupport-1:3.2.17-2.el6sam.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-i18n-0:0.6.9-1.el6sam.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-i18n-0:0.6.9-1.el6sam.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-mail-0:2.5.4-1.el6sam.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-mail-0:2.5.4-1.el6sam.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-rack-1:1.4.5-3.el6sam.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-rack-1:1.4.5-3.el6sam.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-rails-1:3.2.17-1.el6sam.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-rails-1:3.2.17-1.el6sam.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-railties-1:3.2.17-1.el6sam.noarch as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863 - Fixedruby193-rubygem-railties-1:3.2.17-1.el6sam.src as a component of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1863
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- auxiliary/dos/http/rails_action_viewRuby on Rails Action View MIME Memory Exhaustionfunctional · metasploit
affected products (84)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- RHSA-2014:1863Red Hat Security Advisory: Subscription Asset Manager 1.4 security update2014-11-17csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated Subscription Asset Manager 1.4 packages that fix multiple security issues are now available. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
- GHSA-mpxf-gcw2-pw5qactionpack Improper Input Validation vulnerability2017-10-24ghsa · osvUS
`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.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (39)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00079.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00081.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00082.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0008.htmlcnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1863.htmlcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57836cnnvd
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