Out-of-Bounds Affecting ruby package, versions [,2.2.8)[2.3.0, 2.3.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.12% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-RUBY-2370156
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Sept 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Sep 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade ruby to version 2.2.8, 2.3.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.

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CVSS Scores

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