DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16229

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16229
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16229.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16229
Upstream
Published
2018-02-26T22:29:00.477Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:19:08.988846Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In the Ox gem 2.8.1 for Ruby, the process crashes with a stack-based buffer over-read in the readfromstr function in saxbuf.c when a crafted input is supplied to saxparse.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ruby-ox

Package

Name
ruby-ox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ruby-ox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16229.json"

Debian:12 / ruby-ox

Package

Name
ruby-ox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ruby-ox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16229.json"

Debian:13 / ruby-ox

Package

Name
ruby-ox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ruby-ox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16229.json"

Debian:14 / ruby-ox

Package

Name
ruby-ox
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ruby-ox?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16229.json"