| Name | CVE-2014-3916 |
| Description | The str_buf_cat function in string.c in Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0, and 2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ruby2.1 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.1.5-2+deb8u14 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ruby1.8 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
| ruby1.9.1 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
| ruby2.0 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
| ruby2.1 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
Only exploitable on Windows