Ruby through 2.2.7, 2.3.x through 2.3.4, and 2.4.x through 2.4.1 can expose arbitrary memory during a JSON.generate call. The issues lies in using strdup in ext/json/ext/generator/generator.c, which will stop after encountering a '\0' byte, returning a pointer to a string of length zero, which is not the length stored in space_len.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade rubyUpgrade ruby2.2 | Aug 22, 2024 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade ruby24Upgrade ruby23Upgrade ruby22 | Oct 3, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Apple Osx Ruby | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest versionApply Apple macOS Security Update 2018-002 High Sierra | Oct 31, 2018 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-debuginfoUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade rubygem-json | Mar 13, 2018 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ruby2.3Upgrade ruby1.9.1 | Dec 5, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade ruby | Sep 19, 2017 | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/ruby. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-irb | Mar 16, 2018 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-libs | Mar 16, 2018 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade runtime/ruby-23/ruby-tk to version 2.3.8-11.4.6.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade runtime/ruby-23 to version 2.3.8-11.4.6.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Feb 20, 2019 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade rubygems | Mar 1, 2018 | Mar 2, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade ruby-debuginfoUpgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade rubyUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimal | Mar 1, 2018 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade ruby2.1-develUpgrade yast2-ruby-bindingsUpgrade libruby2_1-2_1Upgrade ruby2.1-stdlibUpgrade ruby2.1 | Jun 10, 2020 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libruby1.9.1Upgrade ruby1.9.3Upgrade ruby1.9.1Upgrade ruby2.0Upgrade libruby2.0Upgrade ruby2.3Upgrade libruby2.3 | Oct 5, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Aug 31, 2017 |
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