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CVE-2014-4975

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Description

Off-by-one error in the encodes function in pack.c in Ruby 1.9.3 and earlier, and 2.x through 2.1.2, when using certain format string specifiers, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html

http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=46778

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/13

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68474

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1

https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10019

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118158

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94706

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2014-11-15

Updated: 2017-08-29

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

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