{"id":"USN-2397-1","summary":"ruby1.8, ruby1.9.1, ruby2.0, ruby2.1 vulnerabilities","details":"Will Wood discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled the encodes() function.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Ruby to crash, resulting\nin a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The default\ncompiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a\ndenial of service. (CVE-2014-4975)\n\nWillis Vandevanter discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled XML entity\nexpansion. An attacker could use this flaw to cause Ruby to consume large\namounts of resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8080)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:50Z","published":"2014-11-04T19:23:16Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4975","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8080"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-4975","CVE-2014-8080","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4975","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8080"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2397-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4975"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8080"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ruby1.9.1","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby1.9.1@1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["1.9.3.194-8.1ubuntu2","1.9.3.448-1ubuntu1","1.9.3.448-1ubuntu2","1.9.3.484-1ubuntu1","1.9.3.484-1ubuntu2","1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libruby1.9.1","binary_version":"1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"libtcltk-ruby1.9.1","binary_version":"1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"ri1.9.1","binary_version":"1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"ruby1.9.1","binary_version":"1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"ruby1.9.1-dev","binary_version":"1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"ruby1.9.1-examples","binary_version":"1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"ruby1.9.1-full","binary_version":"1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1"},{"binary_name":"ruby1.9.3","binary_version":"1.9.3.484-2ubuntu1.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2397-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2014-4975"},{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2014-8080"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"ruby2.0","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby2.0@2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1"}]}],"versions":["2.0.0.299-2","2.0.0.343-1","2.0.0.343-1ubuntu1","2.0.0.353-1","2.0.0.353-1ubuntu1","2.0.0.484-1ubuntu1","2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libruby2.0","binary_version":"2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"ruby2.0","binary_version":"2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"ruby2.0-dev","binary_version":"2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1"},{"binary_name":"ruby2.0-tcltk","binary_version":"2.0.0.484-1ubuntu2.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2397-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2014-4975"},{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2014-8080"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}