MGASA-2014-0003

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    MGASA-2014-0003

    Published: 6 Jan 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4164

    Summary: Updated ruby package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: Charlie Somerville discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled floating point number conversion. An attacker could possibly use this issue with an application that converts text to floating point numbers to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2013-4164).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0003.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11734, https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/11/22/heap-overflow-in-floating-point-parsing-cve-2013-4164/, https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/11/22/ruby-1-9-3-p484-is-released/, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2035-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ruby?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.9.3.p484-1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    High