Input validation error in Debian Linux - CVE-2014-10077
Published: November 6, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36455
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-10077
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Hash#slice in lib/i18n/core_ext/hash.rb in the i18n gem before 0.8.0 for Ruby allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a call in a situation where :some_key is present in keep_keys but not present in the hash.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-10077
Install update from vendor's website.