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Ruby 'ARGF.inplace_mode' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.2
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Ruby and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw caused by improper bounds checking when handling filenames on Windows systems. It is not properly validating value assigned to the 'ARGF.inplace_mode' variable.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Ruby version 1.9.x before 1.9.1-p429 on Windows.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Ruby version 1.9.1-p429 or later.