7.5
HIGH
CVE-2019-5419
Action View (Rails) CPU Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 27, 2019, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:11 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-5419 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-5419 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat software_collections
2 Redhat cloudforms
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Rubyonrails rails

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

RCE on Rails 5.2.2 using a path traversal (CVE-2019-5418) and a deserialization of Ruby objects (CVE-2019-5420)

rails

Ruby JavaScript CoffeeScript CSS HTML

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
133 stars 28 fork 28 watcher
Born at : March 23, 2019, 2:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

CVE-2019-5418 - File Content Disclosure on Ruby on Rails

rails

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
192 stars 20 fork 20 watcher
Born at : March 16, 2019, 11:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-5419 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-5419 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference HackerOne https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rubyonrails-security/GN7w9fFAQeI [No types assigned]
    Added Reference HackerOne https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference HackerOne https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/GN7w9fFAQeI
    Removed Reference HackerOne https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00025.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CWE NIST CWE-770
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE HackerOne CWE-400
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 07, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00025.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1289 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1149 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1147 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/Y43636TH4D6T46IC6N2RQVJTRFJAAYGA/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00011.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 23, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0796 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/ No Types Assigned https://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2019/3/13/Rails-4-2-5-1-5-1-6-2-have-been-released/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/22/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/22/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00042.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00042.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/GN7w9fFAQeI No Types Assigned https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/GN7w9fFAQeI Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.2.11.1 *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (excluding) 5.0.7.2 *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.1.0 up to (excluding) 5.1.6.2 *cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.2.0 up to (excluding) 5.2.2.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00042.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-5419 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.28 }} -0.05%

score

0.69022

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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