| Name | CVE-2017-11465 |
| Description | The parser_yyerror function in the UTF-8 parser in Ruby 2.4.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write or read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Ruby script, related to the parser_tokadd_utf8 function in parse.y. NOTE: this might have security relevance as a bypass of a $SAFE protection mechanism. |
| 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+deb8u13 | fixed |
| ruby2.3 (PTS) | stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.3.3-1+deb9u11 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ruby2.1 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| ruby2.3 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- ruby2.3 <not-affected> (Specific to Ruby 2.4)
- ruby2.1 <not-affected> (Specific to Ruby 2.4)