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FreeBSD: VID-06ED6A49-BAD4-11EC-9CFE-0800270512F4 (CVE-2022-28739): Ruby -- Buffer overrun in String-to-Float conversion

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FreeBSD: VID-06ED6A49-BAD4-11EC-9CFE-0800270512F4 (CVE-2022-28739): Ruby -- Buffer overrun in String-to-Float conversion

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/12/2022
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
11/04/2022

Description

There is a buffer over-read in Ruby before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, 3.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before 3.1.2. It occurs in String-to-Float conversion, including Kernel#Float and String#to_f.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby27
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby30
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby31
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ruby32

References

  • CVE-2022-28739
  • USN-5462-1
  • USN-5462-2

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