CVE-2014-3916 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via a segmentation fault in Ruby's string handling by providing a long string.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- Not stated
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-3916?
CVE-2014-3916 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rubyonrails Rails, published on 16 Nov 2014.
Official description
The str_buf_cat function in string.c in Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0, and 2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string.
Weakness: CWE-19
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3916?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rubyonrails Rails.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3916?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3916 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-3916 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3916 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-252h-69rw-g2rp.