ubuntu-cve-2019-5419
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-03-27 14:29
Modified
2025-09-08 16:45
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "rails",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionmailer",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionpack",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionview",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activejob",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activemodel",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activerecord",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activesupport",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-rails",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-railties",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "rails",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rails@2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2:4.1.10-1",
        "2:4.2.5-1",
        "2:4.2.5.1-1",
        "2:4.2.5.2-2",
        "2:4.2.6-1",
        "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
        "2:4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "rails",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionmailer",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionpack",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-actionview",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activejob",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activemodel",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activerecord",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-activesupport",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-rails",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ruby-railties",
            "binary_version": "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "rails",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rails@2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2:4.2.9-2",
        "2:4.2.9-4",
        "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4",
        "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm1",
        "2:4.2.10-0ubuntu4+esm2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "There is a possible denial of service vulnerability in Action View (Rails) \u003c5.2.2.1, \u003c5.1.6.2, \u003c5.0.7.2, \u003c4.2.11.1 where specially crafted accept headers can cause action view to consume 100% cpu and make the server unresponsive.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5419",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:45:15Z",
  "published": "2019-03-27T14:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5419"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/13/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5419"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2019-5419"
  ]
}



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