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An attacker, with ability to control its format string parameter, could send a specially crafted string that would disclose heap memory or crash the interpreter."], "name": "CVE-2017-0898", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:cloudforms_managementengine:5", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rh-ruby22-ruby", "product_name": "CloudForms Management Engine 5"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:cloudforms_managementengine:5", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "ruby-200-ruby", "product_name": "CloudForms Management Engine 5"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "ruby", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "ruby", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:rhel_sam:1", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "ruby193-ruby", "product_name": "Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager"}], "public_date": "2017-09-14T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-0898\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0898\nhttps://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2017/09/14/sprintf-buffer-underrun-cve-2017-0898/"], "statement": "This issue affects the versions of ruby as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and the versions of rh-ruby22-ruby and rh-ruby23-ruby as shipped with Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.", "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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