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Ruby Interpreter Heap Overflow Vulnerability Nov13 (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
10 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Ruby Interpreter and is prone to Heap Overflow Vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to improper sanitization while processing user supplied input data during conversion of strings to floating point values.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Ruby Interpreter version 1.8, 1.9 before 1.9.3 Patchlevel 484, 2.0 before 2.0.0 Patchlevel 353.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to version 1.9.3 patchlevel 484, 2.0.0 patchlevel 353, or later.