CVE-2009-4124

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-12-07
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
959916: CVE-2009-4124 ruby: Heap-based buffer overflow in the rb_str_justify() function

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rb_str_justify function in string.c in Ruby 1.9.1 before 1.9.1-p376 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving (1) String#ljust, (2) String#center, or (3) String#rjust. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Find out more about CVE-2009-4124 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of ruby as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as it did not affect the Ruby 1.8 series.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ruby Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ruby Not affected

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