vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-15928): ruby-ox vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 27, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

In the Ox gem 2.8.0 for Ruby, the process crashes with a segmentation fault when a crafted input is supplied to parse_obj. NOTE: the vendor has stated "Ox should handle the error more gracefully" but has not confirmed a security implication.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-ruby-ox
Title
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