National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-4124

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rb_str_justify function in string.c in Ruby 1.9.1 before 1.9.1-p376 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving (1) String#ljust, (2) String#center, or (3) String#rjust. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/12/07/heap-overflow-in-string/

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/12/07/heap-overflow-in-string/

External Source: XF

Name: ruby-rbstrjustify-bo(54674)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54674

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3471

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3471

External Source: BID

Name: 37278

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37278

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 60880

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/60880

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37660

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37660