UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4975

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4975
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4975.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4975
Upstream
  • CVE-2014-4975
Downstream
Related
Published
2014-07-17T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T04:20:14.683570Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ruby1.9.1

Package

Name
ruby1.9.1
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby1.9.1@1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*
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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libruby1.9.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libtcltk-ruby1.9.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "ri1.9.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby1.9.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby1.9.1-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby1.9.1-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby1.9.1-full"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby1.9.3"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4975.json"

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ruby2.0

Package

Name
ruby2.0
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.0@2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

2.*
2.0.0.299-2
2.0.0.343-1
2.0.0.343-1ubuntu1
2.0.0.353-1
2.0.0.353-1ubuntu1
2.0.0.484-1ubuntu1
2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libruby2.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby2.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby2.0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "ruby2.0-tcltk"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4975.json"