CVE-2014-3916 (GCVE-0-2014-3916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-11-16 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:57
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Summary
The str_buf_cat function in string.c in Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0, and 2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67705 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9709 x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/375 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/362 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2014-05-27 00:00
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