CVE-2014-0082

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    CVE-2014-0082

    Published: 20 Feb 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0215.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0306.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/57376, http://secunia.com/advisories/57836, http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00081.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/10, https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/LMxO_3_eCuc/ozGBEhKaJbIJ, https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0082

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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