Out-of-Bounds Affecting ruby2.3 package, versions <2.3.1-2~16.04.5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.83% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-RUBY23-308600
  • published19 Sept 2017
  • 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 Ubuntu:16.04 ruby2.3 to version 2.3.1-2~16.04.5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.3 package and not the ruby2.3 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.