CVE-2017-11465

NameCVE-2017-11465
DescriptionThe parser_yyerror function in the UTF-8 parser in Ruby 2.4.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write or read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Ruby script, related to the parser_tokadd_utf8 function in parse.y. NOTE: this might have security relevance as a bypass of a $SAFE protection mechanism.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ruby2.1source(unstable)(not affected)
ruby2.3source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- ruby2.3 <not-affected> (Specific to Ruby 2.4)
- ruby2.1 <not-affected> (Specific to Ruby 2.4)

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