CVE-2014-4975
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
69.2%
Off-by-one error in the encodes function in pack.c in Ruby 1.9.3 and earlier, 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.
Affected configurations
References
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0472.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html
svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=46778
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/09/13
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/68474
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1
bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/10019
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118158
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94706
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
69.2%