#VU8123 Information disclosure in RubyGems - CVE-2017-14064

Vulnerability identifier: #VU8123

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14064

CWE-ID: CWE-200

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
RubyGems
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: Ruby

Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an issue with using strdup in ext/json/ext/generator/generator.c during a JSON generate call. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request, stop strdup after encountering a '' byte, returning a pointer to a string of length zero, which is not the length stored in space_len and expose arbitrary memory.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.

Mitigation
Update to version 2.3.5 or 2.4.2.

Vulnerable software versions

RubyGems: 2.2.7 - 2.4.1

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External links
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/json-heap-exposure-cve-2017-14064/

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.