CVE-2014-6438
published 2017-09-06CVE-2014-6438: 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…
PriorityP433high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
4.13%
89.5th percentile
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.
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby-lang | ruby | <= 1.9.2 | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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Red Hat
ruby: Unsafe parsing of long strings via decode_www_form_component method
vendor_redhat·2014-08-19·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2014-6438 [HIGH] CWE-20 ruby: Unsafe parsing of long strings via decode_www_form_component method
ruby: Unsafe parsing of long strings via decode_www_form_component method
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.
Package: rh-ruby22-ruby (CloudForms Management Engine 5) - Not affected
Package: ruby-200-ruby (CloudForms Management Engine 5) - Not affected
Package: ruby (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: ruby (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: ruby (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: rh-ruby22-ruby (Red Hat Software Collections) - Not affected
Package: rh-ruby23-ruby (Red Hat Software Collections) - Not affected
Package: rh-ruby24-ruby (Re
GHSA
GHSA-2j3h-55rq-rj48: The URI
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2014-6438 [HIGH] GHSA-2j3h-55rq-rj48: The URI
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/
2017-09-06
Published