CVE-2016-4442

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The rack-mini-profiler gem before 0.10.1 for Ruby allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about allocated strings and objects by leveraging incorrect ordering of security checks.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler/blob/v0.10.1/CHANGELOG.mdRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler/commit/4273771d65f1a7411e3ef5843329308d0e2d257cPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/10/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler/blob/v0.10.1/CHANGELOG.mdRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/MiniProfiler/rack-mini-profiler/commit/4273771d65f1a7411e3ef5843329308d0e2d257cPatch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 2, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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