CVE-2014-6438 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/13/6 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032874 https://github.com/ruby/www.ruby-lang.org/issues/817 https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2014/08/19/ruby-1-9-2-p330-released/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5