MEDIUM

GHSA-rg5m-3fqp-6px8

actionmailer email address processing causes Denial of service

Quick fix

GHSA-rg5m-3fqp-6px8 — actionmailer: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

bundle update actionmailer

Details

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in log_subscriber.rb files in the log subscriber component in Action Mailer in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.15 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted e-mail address that is improperly handled during construction of a log message.

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Affected packages

RubyGems/actionmailer

Introduced in: 3.0.0Fixed in: 3.2.15

Fixbundle update actionmailer

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4389[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rg5m-3fqp-6px8[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/rails/rails/tree/main/actionmailer[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionmailer/CVE-2013-4389.yml[WEB]
https://web.archive.org/web/20201208175929/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ruby-security-ann/yvlR1Vx44c8/elKJkpO2KVgJ[WEB]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00091.html[WEB]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00094.html[WEB]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00003.html[WEB]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2887[WEB]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2888[WEB]