Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:18927Buffer Overflow
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Ruby is vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks. A remote, unauthenticated attacker with the ability to pass a specially crafted JSON input to the extension could use this flaw to expose the interpreter’s heap memory.
References
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100890
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039363
www.securitytracker.com/id/1042004
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3485
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0378
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0583
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0585
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13853
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1506785
github.com/flori/json/commit/8f782fd8e181d9cfe9387ded43a5ca9692266b85
hackerone.com/reports/209949
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-18
usn.ubuntu.com/3685-1/
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3966
www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/ruby-2-2-8-released/
www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/ruby-2-3-5-released/
Related
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P