vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2017-16229: ruby-ox -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 26, 2018 | Jul 30, 2024 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 26, 2018
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
In the Ox gem 2.8.1 for Ruby, the process crashes with a stack-based buffer over-read in the read_from_str function in sax_buf.c when a crafted input is supplied to sax_parse.
Solution
debian-upgrade-ruby-ox
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