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Status published
Medium
CVE-2014-4975
Off-by-one error in the encodes function in pack.c in Ruby...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/13
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68474
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118158
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1
- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10019
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129
- http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=46778
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94706
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
ruby, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux hpc node, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.0, 2.0.0, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 7.0, 8.0, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 15th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.