Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libonig package, versions <6.3.0-1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBONIG-282481
  • published 24 May 2017
  • disclosed 24 May 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 libonig to version 6.3.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libonig package and not the libonig package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Oniguruma 6.2.0, as used in Oniguruma-mod in Ruby through 2.4.1 and mbstring in PHP through 7.1.5. A stack out-of-bounds read occurs in match_at() during regular expression searching. A logical error involving order of validation and access in match_at() could result in an out-of-bounds read from a stack buffer.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High