CVE-2014-3916

Publication date 16 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

The str_buf_cat function in string.c in Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0, and 2.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a long string.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
ruby1.8	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
ruby1.9.1	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored
ruby2.0	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
ruby2.1	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

CVE-2014-3916

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Notes

jdstrand

mdeslaur

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