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CVE-2014-0082: Denial of Service Vulnerability when using render :text

February 20, 2014 (updated August 8, 2019)

Strings sent in specially crafted headers will be converted to symbols.

References

  • groups.google.com/forum/

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.0.0.beta before 3.2.17

Fixed versions

  • 3.2.17

Solution

Users who cannot upgrade may apply a monkey patch to work around the issue. See provided link.

Impact 5 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Source file

gem/rails/CVE-2014-0082.yml

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