CVE-2014-3916

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-19 Data Handling

Publication date:

16/11/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
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:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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
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