| Name | CVE-2014-4975 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-200-1, DSA-3157-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruby2.1 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.1.5-2+deb8u14 | fixed |
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) | (not affected) | |||
| ruby1.9.1 | source | squeeze | 1.9.2.0-2+deb6u3 | DLA-200-1 | ||
| ruby1.9.1 | source | wheezy | 1.9.3.194-8.1+deb7u3 | DSA-3157-1 | ||
| ruby1.9.1 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | ||
| ruby2.0 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | low | ||
| ruby2.1 | source | (unstable) | 2.1.3-1 | low |
- ruby1.8 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present in 1.8)
[wheezy] - ruby1.9.1 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=46778