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Debian: CVE-2017-0898: ruby1.8, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.3 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-0898: ruby1.8, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.3 -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/15/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/05/2017
Modified
07/07/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ruby1-8
  • debian-upgrade-ruby1-9-1
  • debian-upgrade-ruby2-3

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