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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade rubyUpgrade ruby2.2 | Aug 22, 2024 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade ruby24Upgrade ruby22Upgrade ruby23 | Oct 3, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Apple Osx Ruby | — | Apply Apple macOS Security Update 2018-002 High SierraUpgrade macOS to the latest version | Oct 31, 2018 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade rubygem-rakeUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-debuginfoUpgrade rubygems | 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 rubygemsUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubygem-rake | Mar 1, 2018 | Mar 2, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade rubygem-io-consoleUpgrade rubyUpgrade ruby-debuginfoUpgrade rubygem-psychUpgrade rubygem-jsonUpgrade ruby-docUpgrade ruby-libsUpgrade rubygemsUpgrade rubygem-minitestUpgrade ruby-tcltkUpgrade rubygems-develUpgrade ruby-irbUpgrade rubygem-bigdecimalUpgrade rubygem-rdocUpgrade ruby-develUpgrade rubygem-rake | Mar 1, 2018 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade ruby2.1Upgrade libruby2_1-2_1Upgrade ruby2.1-stdlibUpgrade ruby2.1-develUpgrade yast2-ruby-bindings | Jun 10, 2020 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ruby2.3Upgrade libruby2.3Upgrade ruby2.0Upgrade libruby2.0Upgrade ruby1.9.1Upgrade libruby1.9.1Upgrade ruby1.9.3 | 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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