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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-0898): Ruby regression

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-0898): Ruby regression

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/15/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/05/2017
Modified
03/26/2021

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libruby1-9-1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libruby2-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libruby2-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ruby1-9-1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ruby1-9-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ruby2-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ruby2-3

References

  • USN-3439-1
  • USN-3553-1
  • USN-3685-1
  • USN-3685-2
  • 100862
  • 1039363
  • RHSA-2017:3485
  • RHSA-2018:0378
  • RHSA-2018:0583
  • RHSA-2018:0585
  • GLSA-201710-18
  • DSA-4031
  • CVE-2017-0898
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