Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-0898: Security patch for ruby24 ((Multiple Advisories))
6
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
09/15/2017
07/25/2018
10/03/2017
10/14/2022
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)
- amazon-linux-upgrade--ruby23
- amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby22
- amazon-linux-upgrade-ruby24
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