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CVE-2014-3916

Publication date 16 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ruby1.8 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
ruby1.9.1 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored
ruby2.0 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
ruby2.1 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

per Debian, only exploitable on Windows

mdeslaur

we aren't going to release an update for this