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CVE-2014-6438
Published: Sep 6, 2017
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
1032874
vdb-entry
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https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20150713 Re: Retroactive CVE request for Ruby 1.9.2-p330
mailing-list
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