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) Stringljust (2) Stringcenter or (3) Stringrjust. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/37660 http://www.osvdb.org/60880 http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2009/12/07/heap-overflow-in-string/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37278 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3471 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54674