cve-2009-4124
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-12-11 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 06:54
Severity ?
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the rb_str_justify function in string.c in Ruby 1.9.1 before 1.9.1-p376 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving (1) String#ljust, (2) String#center, or (3) String#rjust. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/37660Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/60880
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/12/07/heap-overflow-in-string/Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37278
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3471Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54674
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/37660Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/60880
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/12/07/heap-overflow-in-string/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37278
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3471Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54674
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