CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-4975
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-11-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• ruby-lang ruby (<= 1.9.3)
• ruby-lang ruby 2.0
• ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0
• ruby-lang ruby 2.1
• ruby-lang ruby 2.1.1
• ruby-lang ruby 2.1.2
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux hpc node 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html Third Party Advisory
- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=46778 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/13 Mailing List
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68474 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10019 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118158 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94706 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html Third Party Advisory
- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=46778 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/13 Mailing List
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68474 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10019 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118158 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94706 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com