Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ruby-irb package, versions <0:2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-RUBYIRB-8056419
  • published19 Sept 2024
  • disclosed14 May 2024

Introduced: 14 May 2024

CVE-2024-27282  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ruby-irb to version 0:2.0.0.648-36.amzn2.0.12 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2637.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-irb package and not the ruby-irb package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Ruby 3.x through 3.3.0. If attacker-supplied data is provided to the Ruby regex compiler, it is possible to extract arbitrary heap data relative to the start of the text, including pointers and sensitive strings. The fixed versions are 3.0.7, 3.1.5, 3.2.4, and 3.3.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1