CVE-2017-0898 (GCVE-0-2017-0898)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-09-15 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:36
VLAI?
Summary
Ruby before 2.4.2, 2.3.5, and 2.2.8 is vulnerable to a malicious format string which contains a precious specifier (*) with a huge minus value. Such situation can lead to a buffer overrun, resulting in a heap memory corruption or an information disclosure from the heap.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-134 - Format String Vulnerability (CWE-134)
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://hackerone.com/reports/212241 x_refsource_MISC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4031 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100862 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039363 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/3722 x_refsource_MISC
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
HackerOne Ruby Affected: Versions before 2.4.2, 2.3.5, and 2.2.8
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Date Public ?
2017-09-15 00:00
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