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CVE-2014-6438

Published: 06/09/2017 Updated: 11/09/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

The URI.decode_www_form_component method in Ruby prior to 1.9.2-p330 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (catastrophic regular expression backtracking, resource consumption, or application crash) via a crafted string.

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Red Hat: CVE-2014-6438
The URIdecode_www_form_component method in Ruby before 192-p330 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (catastrophic regular expression backtracking, resource consumption, or application crash) via a crafted string ...

References

CWE-399https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6https://nvd.nist.govhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-6438
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