CVE-2014-6438 | BDVDB-2026-89939 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/
https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12017-09-06Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.