Improper Input Validation Affecting ruby-tcltk package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.13% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-RUBYTCLTK-1336945
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Aug 2014

Introduced: 19 Aug 2014

CVE-2014-6438  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 ruby-tcltk.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-tcltk package and not the ruby-tcltk package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.