CVE-2013-4164
Heap-based buffer overflow in Ruby 1.8, 1.9 before 1.9.3-p484, 2.0 before 2.0.0-p353, 2.1 before 2.1.0 preview2, and trunk before revision 43780 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute…
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Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Ruby 1.8, 1.9 before 1.9.3-p484, 2.0 before 2.0.0-p353, 2.1 before 2.1.0 preview2, and trunk before revision 43780 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a string that is converted to a floating point value, as demonstrated using (1) the to_f method or (2) JSON.parse.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 34.97% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- ruby-lang/ruby
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0134.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00028.html
- http://osvdb.org/100113
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1763.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1764.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1767.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0011.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0215.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55787Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57376
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2809
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2810
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63873
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2035-1
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4164
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6536
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/11/22/heap-overflow-in-floating-point-parsing-cve-2013-4164Exploit
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/11/22/ruby-1-9-3-p484-is-released
- https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/11/22/ruby-2-0-0-p353-is-releasedPatch
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-04/0134.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0103.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00028.html
- http://osvdb.org/100113
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1763.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1764.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.