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Ruby Interpreter Heap Overflow Vulnerability (Windows) - Dec09
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Ruby Interpreter and is prone to Heap Overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to improper sanitization check while processing user supplied input data to the buffer inside 'String#ljust', 'String#center' and 'String#rjust' methods.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Ruby Interpreter version 1.9.1 before 1.9.1 Patchlevel 376.
Solution
Solution
Update to 1.9.1 Patchlevel 376 or later.