Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20134164000
Revision Date:2013-11-23Version:1
Title:CVE-2013-4164 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description:Heap-based buffer overflow in Ruby 1.8, 1.9 before 1.9.3-p484, 2.0 before 2.0.0-p353, 2.1 before 2.1.0 preview2, and trunk before revision 43780 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a string that is converted to a floating point value, as demonstrated using (1) the to_f method or (2) JSON.parse.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2013-4164
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'ruby1.8' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.8.7.352-2ubuntu1.4').
  • OR The 'ruby1.9.1' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.9.3.0-1ubuntu2.8').
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