Buffer Over-read Affecting stringio package, versions >=3.0.1, <3.0.1.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-STRINGIO-6476910
- published 22 Mar 2024
- disclosed 21 Mar 2024
- credit david_h1
Introduced: 21 Mar 2024
CVE-2024-27280 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade stringio to version 3.0.1.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Over-read due to the improper handling of the ungetbyte and ungetc methods on a StringIO object, which can read past the end of a string. An attacker can obtain sensitive information from memory by invoking StringIO.gets after calling these methods.
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version 3.1