Out-of-Bounds Affecting rubygems-devel package, versions <0:2.0.14.1-33.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.83% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RUBYGEMSDEVEL-1479599
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Sept 2017

Introduced: 14 Sep 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rubygems-devel to version 0:2.0.14.1-33.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0378.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rubygems-devel package and not the rubygems-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.