Out-of-Bounds Affecting ruby23-irb package, versions <0:2.3.5-1.17.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.73% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-RUBY23IRB-1708240
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed19 Sept 2017

Introduced: 19 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14033  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 ruby23-irb to version 0:2.3.5-1.17.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-906.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby23-irb package and not the ruby23-irb package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The decode method in the OpenSSL::ASN1 module in Ruby before 2.2.8, 2.3.x before 2.3.5, and 2.4.x through 2.4.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (interpreter crash) via a crafted string.