UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16229

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16229
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16229.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16229
Upstream
Published
2018-02-26T22:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:34Z
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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ruby-ox

Package

Name
ruby-ox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-ox@2.1.1-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.1.1-2build2
2.1.1-2build3
2.1.1-2build4
2.1.1-2build5
2.1.1-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby-ox",
            "binary_version": "2.1.1-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16229.json"