CVE-2017-0898
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 15, 2017
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 30, 2016
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-134 Format String Vulnerability (CWE-134)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
RubyHackerOne |
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References
- USN-3685-1vendor-advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/212241
- RHSA-2018:0585vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:0378vendor-advisory
- DSA-4031vendor-advisory
- 100862vdb-entry
- 1039363vdb-entry
- RHSA-2017:3485vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180714 [SECURITY] [DLA 1421-1] ruby2.1 security updatemailing-list
- RHSA-2018:0583vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/3722
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/sprintf-buffer-underrun-cve-2017-0898/
- GLSA-201710-18vendor-advisory
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