CVE-2014-3916 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2014-11-16

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:1.9.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-3853	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0049.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/362
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/375
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67705
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9709
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93505
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3916
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3916

History

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Subscriptions

Rubyonrails Rails

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-11-16T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:57:17.953Z

Reserved: 2014-05-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-3916

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-16T17:59:04.253

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-3916

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-04-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-3916 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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