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Debian: CVE-2017-9527: mruby -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-9527: mruby -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/11/2017
Created
05/10/2022
Added
05/09/2022
Modified
05/09/2022

Description

The mark_context_stack function in gc.c in mruby through 1.2.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .rb file.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-mruby

References

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