CVE-2017-0898: Buffer underrun vulnerability in Kernel.sprintf

Posted by usa on 14 Sep 2017

There is a buffer underrun vulnerability in the sprintf method of Kernel module. This vulnerability has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2017-0898.

Details

If a malicious format string which contains a precious specifier (*) is passed and a huge minus value is also passed to the specifier, buffer underrun may be caused. In such situation, the result may contains heap, or the Ruby interpreter may crash.

All users running an affected release should upgrade immediately.

Affected Versions

• Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.7 and earlier
• Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.4 and earlier
• Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.1 and earlier
• prior to trunk revision 58453

Credit

Thanks to aerodudrizzt for reporting this issue.

History

• Originally published at 2017-09-14 12:00:00 (UTC)