Description
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.
Published: 2014-02-20
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 6.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2929-1 ruby-actionpack-3.2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0186 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-7cgp-c3g7-qvrw actionpack Improper Input Validation vulnerability
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Redhat Cloudforms Managementengine Rhel Software Collections
Rubyonrails Rails Ruby On Rails
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:05:37.065Z

Reserved: 2013-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-0082

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-02-20T15:27:09.170

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2014-0082

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-02-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-0082 - Bugzilla

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