vulnerability
Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-0898: ELSA-2018-0378: ruby security update (IMPORTANT)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) | Sep 14, 2017 | Mar 1, 2018 | Dec 3, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 14, 2017
Added
Mar 1, 2018
Modified
Dec 3, 2025
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.
A buffer underflow was found in ruby's sprintf function. An attacker, with ability to control its format string parameter, could send a specially crafted string that would disclose heap memory or crash the interpreter.
A buffer underflow was found in ruby's sprintf function. An attacker, with ability to control its format string parameter, could send a specially crafted string that would disclose heap memory or crash the interpreter.
Solutions
oracle-linux-upgrade-rubyoracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-develoracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-docoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-bigdecimaloracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-io-consoleoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-jsonoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-minitestoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-psychoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-rakeoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygem-rdocoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygemsoracle-linux-upgrade-rubygems-develoracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-irboracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-libsoracle-linux-upgrade-ruby-tcltk
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