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FKIE_CVE-2014-4975

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-11-15 20:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:10
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=46778Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/13Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68474Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10019Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118158Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94706
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=46778Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/13Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68474Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10019Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118158Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94706
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ruby-lang ruby *
ruby-lang ruby 2.0
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0
ruby-lang ruby 2.0.0
ruby-lang ruby 2.1
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
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