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CVE-2015-3225
lib/rack/utils.rb in Rack before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2, as used with Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.x and other products, allows remote…
Medium5.0EPSS 8.0%
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- redhat
Description
lib/rack/utils.rb in Rack before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2, as used with Ruby on Rails 3.x and 4.x and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SystemStackError) via a request with a large parameter depth.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.0% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsrackGHSA-rgr4-9jh5-j4j6 (opens in a new tab)
References (11)
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1262 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1263 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:2290 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-12979 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/rack/rack/blob/master/HISTORY.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [rubyonrails-security] 20150616 [CVE-2015-3225] Potential Denial of Service Vulnerability in Rack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3322 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1259 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 75232 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-12978 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150616 [CVE-2015-3225] Potential Denial of Service Vulnerability in Rack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rgr4-9jh5-j4j6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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