MEDIUM
GHSA-7cgp-c3g7-qvrw
actionpack Improper Input Validation vulnerability
Quick fix
GHSA-7cgp-c3g7-qvrw — actionpack: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
bundle update actionpackDetails
`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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Affected packages
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0082[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/rails/rails[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/actionpack/CVE-2014-0082.yml[WEB]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201207044540/https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=rubyonrails-security/LMxO_3_eCuc/ozGBEhKaJbIJ[WEB]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220315115444/https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2014-0082[WEB]
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00081.html[WEB]
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/10[WEB]
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0215.html[WEB]
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0306.html[WEB]
- http://www.getchef.com/blog/2014/04/09/enterprise-chef-11-1-3-release[WEB]