CVE-2014-6438
Published: 6 September 2017
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | fixed in 1.9.3 and newer. ruby1.9.1 packages are not affected because they are all ruby 1.9.3. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
ruby1.8 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
utopic |
Does not exist
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| vivid |
Does not exist
|
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| wily |
Does not exist
|
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| xenial |
Does not exist
|
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| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
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| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| precise |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
ruby1.9 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
maverick |
Does not exist
|
| precise |
Does not exist
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| utopic |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
|
ruby1.9.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [1.9.2 only])
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(1.9.2-p330)
|
|
| utopic |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| vivid |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
ruby2.0 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [1.9.2 only])
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| utopic |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
ruby2.1 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| utopic |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| vivid |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
ruby2.2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| utopic |
Does not exist
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| xenial |
Does not exist
|
|
| yakkety |
Does not exist
|
|
| zesty |
Does not exist
|
|
|
ruby2.3 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
precise |
Does not exist
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| utopic |
Does not exist
|
|
| vivid |
Does not exist
|
|
| wily |
Does not exist
|
|
| xenial |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| yakkety |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
|
| zesty |
Not vulnerable
(1.9.2 only)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |