CVE-2014-6438

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.

Impact & exploitability

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

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/ ↗

Additional information

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