CVE-2014-4975

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-07-09
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

Off-by-one error in the encodes function in pack.c in Ruby 1.9.3 andearlier, and 2.x through 2.1.2, when using certain format string specifiers, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.6
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (ruby193-ruby)	ELSA-2014-1913	2016-02-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (ruby)	ELSA-2014-1912	2014-11-26