CVE-2019-5419

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2019 at 01:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:37 AM UTC
7 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLeap

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%

Description

There is a possible denial of service vulnerability in Action View (Rails) <5.2.2.1, <5.1.6.2, <5.0.7.2, <4.2.11.1 where specially crafted accept headers can cause action view to consume 100% cpu and make the server unresponsive.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.2.11.15.0.0 ≤ v < 5.0.7.25.1.0 ≤ v < 5.1.6.25.2.0 ≤ v < 5.2.2.1
Affected range stops below 4.2.11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.0.7.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.1.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.2.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (12)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00025.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00001.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/22/1
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-770

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