CVE-2014-0082 (Medium) detected in actionpack-3.0.9.gem

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CVE-2014-0082 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - actionpack-3.0.9.gem

Web apps on Rails. Simple, battle-tested conventions for building and testing MVC web applications. Works with any Rack-compatible server.

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/actionpack-3.0.9.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• rails-3.0.9.gem (Root Library)
  • railties-3.0.9.gem
    • ❌ actionpack-3.0.9.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 0c785fd9400921392b8ee5e3e166f30364359ecc

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2014-02-20

URL: CVE-2014-0082

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: N/A
  • Attack Complexity: N/A
  • Privileges Required: N/A
  • User Interaction: N/A
  • Scope: N/A
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: N/A
  • Integrity Impact: N/A
  • Availability Impact: N/A

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0082

Release Date: 2014-02-20

Fix Resolution: 3.2.17

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