CVE-2014-4975
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2014-11-15
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Affected products
- Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Hpc Node (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
- Ruby (Ruby-lang)
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
