Vulnerability CVE-2009-4124: Information

Description

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.

Severity: CRITICAL (10.0)

Published: Dec. 11, 2009
Modified: Aug. 17, 2017
Error type identifier: CWE-119

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-preview_2:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-p0:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-preview_1:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-p129:*:*:*:*:*:*

      cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:-p243:*:*:*:*:*:*