cve-2014-6438
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-09-06 21:00
Modified
2024-08-06 12:17
Severity ?
Summary
The URI.decode_www_form_component method in Ruby before 1.9.2-p330 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (catastrophic regular expression backtracking, resource consumption, or application crash) via a crafted string.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6Mailing List, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6Mailing List, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
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