Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting rubygem-psych package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RUBYGEMPSYCH-1346214
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed14 Jun 2016
Introduced: 14 Jun 2016
CVE-2016-2339 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 rubygem-psych.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygem-psych package and not the rubygem-psych package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
An exploitable heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" function functionality of Ruby. In Fiddle::Function.new "initialize" heap buffer "arg_types" allocation is made based on args array length. Specially constructed object passed as element of args array can increase this array size after mentioned allocation and cause heap overflow.