National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2725

Overview

Integer overflow in the (1) rb_ary_splice function in Ruby 1.8.4 and earlier, 1.8.5 before 1.8.5-p231, 1.8.6 before 1.8.6-p230, and 1.8.7 before 1.8.7-p22; and (2) the rb_ary_replace function in 1.6.x allows context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption via unspecified vectors, aka the "REALLOC_N" variant, a different issue than CVE-2008-2662, CVE-2008-2663, and CVE-2008-2664. NOTE: as of 20080624, there has been inconsistent usage of multiple CVE identifiers related to Ruby. The CVE description should be regarded as authoritative, although it is likely to change.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/06/20/arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerabilities/

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-5649

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00937.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2626

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2727

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2727

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.8/+bug/241657

Hyperlink:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby1.8/+bug/241657

External Source: XF

Name: ruby-rbarysplice-code-execution(43350)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43350

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.html

Hyperlink:http://www.zedshaw.com/rants/the_big_ruby_vulnerabilities.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1981

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1907

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1907/references

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-621-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-621-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020347

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020347

External Source: BID

Name: 29903

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29903

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080626 rPSA-2008-0206-1 ruby

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493688/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html

Hyperlink:http://www.rubyinside.com/june-2008-ruby-security-vulnerabilities-927.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034

Hyperlink:http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/157034

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0561

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0561.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [fedora-security-commits] 20080620 fedora-security/audit f10, 1.7, 1.8 f8, 1.225, 1.226 f9, 1.215, 1.216

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-security-commits/2008-June/msg00005.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/

Hyperlink:http://www.matasano.com/log/1070/updates-on-drew-yaos-terrible-ruby-vulnerabilities/

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:142

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:142

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:141

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:141

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:140

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:140

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1618

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1618

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1612

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1612

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0206

External Source: MISC

Name: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities

Hyperlink:http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2008/6/21/multiple-ruby-security-vulnerabilities

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163

External Source: SLACKWARE

Name: SSA:2008-179-01

Hyperlink:http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.429562

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200812-17

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-17.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33178

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33178

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31687

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31687

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31256

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31256

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31181

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31181

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31090

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31090

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31062

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31062

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30894

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30894

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30875

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30875

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30867

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30867

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30831

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30831

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30802

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30802

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9606

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9606

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:017

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-06-30

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/

Hyperlink:http://blog.phusion.nl/2008/06/23/ruby-186-p230187-broke-your-app-ruby-enterprise-edition-to-the-rescue/

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9606

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9606