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Posted on 09 February 2015
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3157-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Alessandro Ghedini
February 09, 2015 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : ruby1.9.1
CVE ID : CVE-2014-4975 CVE-2014-8080 CVE-2014-8090
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the interpreter for the Ruby
language:
CVE-2014-4975
The encodes() function in pack.c had an off-by-one error that could
lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. This could allow remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or arbitrary code
execution.
CVE-2014-8080, CVE-2014-8090
The REXML parser could be coerced into allocating large string
objects that could consume all available memory on the system. This
could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.9.3.194-8.1+deb7u3.
For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been
fixed in version 2.1.5-1 of the ruby2.1 source package.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.1.5-1 of the ruby2.1 source package.
We recommend that you upgrade your ruby1.9.1 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
