UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4975

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4975

    Published: 17 Jul 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-4975
    Aliases:
    USN-2397-1

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one error in the encodes function in pack.c in Ruby 1.9.3 and earlier, and 2.x through 2.1.2, when using certain format string specifiers, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4975, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2397-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4975

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ruby1.9.1

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu2
    1.9.3.448-1ubuntu1
    1.9.3.448-1ubuntu2
    1.9.3.484-1ubuntu1
    1.9.3.484-1ubuntu2
    1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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