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Asymmetric denial of service - ReDoS In ruby

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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