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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2014-0082

Medium
5/10

Summary

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 the 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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published