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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/sprintf-buffer-underrun-cve-2017-0898/ | Vendor Advisory |
https://hackerone.com/reports/212241 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/mruby/mruby/issues/3722 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039363 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100862 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18 | |
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4031 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585 | |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583 | |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/ | |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html |
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2017-09-15 12:29
Updated : 2018-07-14 18:29
NVD link : CVE-2017-0898
Mitre link : CVE-2017-0898
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-134
Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
Products Affected
ruby-lang
- ruby