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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade rubyUpgrade ruby2.2 | Aug 22, 2024 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade ruby23Upgrade ruby24Upgrade ruby22 | Oct 3, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Apple Osx Ruby | — | Upgrade macOS to the latest versionApply Apple macOS Security Update 2018-002 High Sierra | Oct 31, 2018 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade ruby-debuginfoUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubygem-psych | Mar 13, 2018 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ruby2.3Upgrade ruby1.8Upgrade ruby1.9.1 | Dec 5, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade ruby | Sep 19, 2017 | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/ruby. | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-irb | Mar 16, 2018 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-libs | Mar 16, 2018 | Sep 15, 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 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade rubygemsUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade rubyUpgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade rubygem-rake | Mar 1, 2018 | Sep 14, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubyUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade ruby-debuginfoUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygems-devel | Mar 1, 2018 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade ruby2.1-develUpgrade ruby2.1Upgrade ruby2.1-stdlibUpgrade libruby2_1-2_1Upgrade yast2-ruby-bindings | Jun 10, 2020 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ruby2.3Upgrade libruby2.3Upgrade libruby1.9.1Upgrade ruby2.0Upgrade ruby1.9.3Upgrade ruby1.9.1Upgrade libruby2.0 | Oct 5, 2017 | Sep 15, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 15, 2017 |
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