CVE-2014-6438

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-08-19
CWE:
CWE-20
Bugzilla:
1490845: CVE-2014-6438 ruby: Unsafe parsing of long strings via decode_www_form_component method

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2014-6438 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 ruby193-ruby Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby23-ruby Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby22-ruby Not affected
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-ruby24-ruby Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ruby Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ruby Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ruby Will not fix

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