Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ruby:2.5/rubygem-net-telnet package, versions <0:0.1.1-111.module+el8.9.0+19193+435404ae


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-RUBY-4444648
  • published20 Apr 2022
  • disclosed14 Apr 2022

Introduced: 14 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-28739  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 ruby:2.5/rubygem-net-telnet to version 0:0.1.1-111.module+el8.9.0+19193+435404ae or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:7025.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby:2.5/rubygem-net-telnet package and not the ruby:2.5/rubygem-net-telnet package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a buffer over-read in Ruby before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before 2.7.6, 3.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before 3.1.2. It occurs in String-to-Float conversion, including Kernel#Float and String#to_f.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1