Bug 1164844 (CVE-2014-3916)

Summary: CVE-2014-3916 ruby: DoS via long string in str_buf_cat()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: apatters, bdunne, bkabrda, dajohnso, dclarizi, gmccullo, jfrey, jprause, jrafanie, jrusnack, jstribny, jvlcek, kseifried, mmorsi, mtasaka, obarenbo, s, tagoh, vanmeeuwen+fedora, vdanen, vondruch, xlecauch
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Description Vincent Danen 2014-11-17 16:49:09 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2014-3916 to
the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2014-3916
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3916
Assigned: 20140529
Reference: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/362
Reference: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/375
Reference: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9709
Reference: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67705
Reference: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/93505

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.


Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of ruby as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 or 7 as it only affects the 64-bit Windows platform.