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CVE-2014-0082
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 6.2%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsactionpackGHSA-7cgp-c3g7-qvrw (opens in a new tab)
References (9)
- [rubyonrails-security] 20140218 Denial of Service Vulnerability in Action View when using render :text (CVE-2014-0082) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0215 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 57836 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0306 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0082 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0295 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 57376 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140218 Denial of Service Vulnerability in Action View when using render :text (CVE-2014-0082) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-7cgp-c3g7-qvrw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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