actionpack/lib/action_view/template/text.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.17 converts MIME type strings to symbols during use of the :text option to the render method, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by including these strings in headers.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2014-0082 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.2 is now in Production 1 Phase of the support
and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security
impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For
additional information, refer to the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise Life Cycle:
https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/openshift.
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.4 (ruby193-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2014:0215 | 2014-03-11 |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ruby193-rubygem-actionpack) | RHSA-2014:0306 | 2014-03-17 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-rubygem-actionpack | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | ror40-rubygem-actionpack | Not affected |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | ruby193-rubygem-actionpack | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 | ruby193-rubygem-actionpack | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | ruby193-rubygem-actionpack | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 | ruby193-rubygem-actionpack | Will not fix |
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