Description
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.
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Remediation
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-2809-1 | ruby1.8 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-2810-1 | ruby1.9.1 security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2035-1 | Ruby vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T16:30:50.071Z
Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2013-4164
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Status : Modified
Published: 2013-11-23T19:55:03.517
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2013-4164
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN