Ruby up to 3.0.6/3.1.4/3.2.3/3.3.0 Regex Search heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Ruby up to 3.0.6/3.1.4/3.2.3/3.3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Regex Search. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-27282. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ruby up to 3.0.6/3.1.4/3.2.3/3.3.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Regex Search. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-27282 since 02/22/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 215915 (Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: ruby (CVE-2024-27282)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 3.0.7, 3.1.5, 3.2.4 or 3.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (215915) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-0952). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Debian Linux
  • Amazon Linux 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Fedora Linux
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • Oracle Linux
  • RESF Rocky Linux
  • Open Source Ruby

Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 6.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 215915
Nessus Name: Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: ruby (CVE-2024-27282)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Ruby 3.0.7/3.1.5/3.2.4/3.3.1

Timelineinfo

02/22/2024 🔍
04/24/2024 +61 days 🔍
04/24/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/11/2026 +747 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-27282 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-27282
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-261844
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2024-0952 - Ruby: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen

Entryinfo

Created: 04/24/2024 09:27
Updated: 05/11/2026 08:06
Changes: 04/24/2024 09:27 (53), 05/29/2024 02:00 (1), 11/02/2024 05:22 (13), 02/12/2025 00:29 (2), 05/11/2026 08:06 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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