CVE-2014-0082 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00081.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/10 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/ https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/LMxO_3_eCuc/ozGBEhKaJbIJ https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0082