CVE-2013-4164
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Heap-based buffer overflow in Ruby 1.8, 1.9 before 1.9.3-p484, 2.0 before 2.0.0-p353, 2.1 before 2.1.0 preview2, and trunk before revision 43780 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a string that is converted to a floating point value, as demonstrated using (1) the to_f method or (2) JSON.parse.
Find out more about CVE-2013-4164 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of ruby as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 7.5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ruby) | RHSA-2013:1764 | 2013-11-25 |
| Red Hat Software Collections 1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ruby193-ruby) | RHSA-2013:1763 | 2013-11-25 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.2 (ruby) | RHSA-2013:1767 | 2013-11-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 (ruby193-ruby) | RHSA-2014:0011 | 2014-01-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.4 (ruby) | RHSA-2013:1767 | 2013-11-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.3 (ruby) | RHSA-2013:1767 | 2013-11-26 |
| CloudForms Management Engine 5.4 (ruby193-ruby) | RHSA-2014:0215 | 2014-03-11 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | ruby193-ruby | Affected |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | ruby193-ruby | Affected |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1 | ruby193-ruby | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | ruby193-ruby | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ruby | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ruby | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | ruby | Not affected |
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