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CVE-2014-6438

The URI.decode_www_form_component method in Ruby before 1.9.2-p330 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (catastrophic regula

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Summary

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.

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References 4

securitytracker.com

ruby-lang.org

GitHub · ruby/www.ruby-lang.org

openwall.com