GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-pjj4-w39g-pw54 Ox gem crashes due to a crafted input

HIGH Published 2017-11-21 Modified 2023-01-26 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-15928
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
ox
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-20
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• RubyGems ox: < 2.8.1 → fixed in 2.8.1

Description

In the Ox gem 2.8.0 for Ruby, the process crashes with a segmentation fault when a crafted input is supplied to `parse_obj`. NOTE: the vendor has stated "Ox should handle the error more gracefully" but has not confirmed a security implication.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2017-15928 In the Ox gem 2.8.0 for Ruby, the process crashes with a segmentation fault when a crafted input is supplied to parse_obj. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References