CVE-2014-0082

rubygem-actionpack: Action View string handling denial of service

Published Feb 20, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 6.2% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2929-1 ruby-actionpack-3.2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0186 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7cgp-c3g7-qvrw actionpack Improper Input Validation vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:05 AM
Reserved
Dec 3, 2013, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 20, 2014, 3:27 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:02 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 18, 2014, 12:00 AM